From the article:

This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren’t ‘too far gone’ to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.

  • @[email protected]
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    89 months ago

    If they’re gullible enough to be suckered into it, they can similarly be suckered out of it - but clearly the effect would not be permanent.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      That doesn’t follow with the “if you didnt reason your way into a believe you can’t reason your way out” line. Considering religious ferver I’m more inclined to believe this line than yours.

      • @[email protected]
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        59 months ago

        No one said at all that AI used “reason” to talk people out of a conspiracy theory. In fact I would assume it’s incredibly unlikely since AI in general is not reasonable.

    • Whopraysforthedevil
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      19 months ago

      I’ve always believed the adage that you can’t logic someone out of a position they didn’t logic themselves into. It protects my peace.

      • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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        19 months ago

        logic isn’t the only way to persuade, in fact all evidence seems to show it works on very few people.

        Everyone discounts sincere emotional arguments but frankly that’s all I’ve ever seen work on conspiracyheads.