@VraserX: One of my favorite recent AI studies: People were LESS likely to agree with an answer when they believed AI wrote it, e…
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A recent AI study reveals that people are less likely to agree with answers if they believe they were written by AI, even when written by humans, indicating a potential bias problem.
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One of my favorite recent AI studies:
People were LESS likely to agree with an answer when they believed AI wrote it, even when the answer was actually written by a human.
We may have an AI bias problem before AI even becomes good enough to deserve one.
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