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Friday, Science, and AI …

I’ll quote the ending, which in this case is a fine place to start:

“Although it is perhaps discouraging that a machine might be better at countering misinformation than a human, the fact that it is ultimately the scientific information that does the persuading is a relief. It falls on human scientists to show that the AI future may not be so dystopian after all.”

Happy reading and Happy Friday!

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