I’ve been using AI as a utility to analyze discussions with other users and to determine who has the objectively better argument. I have it compare fallacies used in both quantity and severity.

Particularly with Trump supporters it’s no surprise the ratio is usually 3 or 4:1.

It could be used in this context against AI, too, because the directive isn’t to persuade but to analyze logic.

Or any administration for that matter…

that is able to

Have you and I been reading the same /r/changemyview?

More seriously, the article says nothing of actual efficacy. I don’t think most people are particularly receptive to having their mind changed through direct rhetoric on the internet, it absolutely happens but it’s not nearly as concerning as other polarizing social media behaviors.

This is exactly what Cambridge analytica / Academi was proven to be doing as early as 2015.

You don’t need LLM’s to conduct psychological warfare. It was obvious that surveillance capitalism + big data analytics were being used for real time propaganda dissemination back then.

Do you, ChatGPT? 😁

Notably, it does not appear that they have posted the AI responses, just used the posts as input for internal processes.