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Scientists Use AI to Prove People Can Be Talked Out of Conspiracy Theories (www.extremetech.com)
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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.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

All of this can be mitigated much more by ensuring each citizen has a decent education by modern standards. Turns out most of our problems can be fixed by helping each other.