In a recently published paper appearing in the prestigious journal Science, which would never spread disinformation, MIT scientists have developed an AI chatbot designed to persuade people to abandon conspiratorial beliefs.
Do you doubt the safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid vaccines? Do you deny the settled science telling us we must stop using fossil fuels to save mankind from extinction? Do you actually believe the Hunter Biden laptop is genuine? Do you think there are only two sexes? Do you fear that illegal immigrants will be permitted to vote in the upcoming presidential election?
If you have fallen prey to extremist conspiracy theories such as these then a session or two with MIT’s Debunk Bot may help return you to society.
The paper reports that “the treatment reduced participants’ belief in their chosen conspiracy theory by 20% on average, even for participants whose conspiracy beliefs were deeply entrenched and important to their identities.”
In discussing their scientific methods to make sure they were only promoting indisputable truths “we hired a professional fact-checker. This gives us reason to believe that the information provided by the AI in our studies was largely accurate.”