AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.

“It is not the case that misleading information is more persuasive,” Rand said. ”I think that what’s happening is that as you push the model to provide more and more facts, it starts with accurate facts, and then eventually it runs out of accurate facts. But you’re still pushing it to make more factual claims, so then it starts grasping at straws and making up stuff that’s not accurate.”

  • NuraShiny [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    27 days ago

    I agree. People who are unable to recognize that the AI is giving them bullshit information will be fooled by it, but they would have been fooled by actual people telling them bullshit as well. It is highly stupid that people believe anything that AI says, but that is where we are.