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Turns Out AI Chatbots Are Way More Persuasive Than Humans

The Register, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

Next time you get in a Facebook argument, just let ChatGPT handle it

If you're scratching your head wondering what's the use of all these chatbots, here's an idea: It turns out they're better at persuading people with arguments.

So much better, in fact, that with a limited bit of demographic data GPT-4 is reportedly able to convince human debate opponents to agree with its position 81.7 percent more often than a human opponent, according to research from a group of Swiss and Italian academics.

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