2 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
How trust networks shape students' opinions about the proficiency of artificially intelligent assistants
Yutong Bu, Andrew Melatos, Robin Evans
The rising use of educational tools controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) has provoked a debate about their proficiency. While intrinsic proficiency, especially in tasks such…
physics.soc-ph2025
Discerning media bias within a network of political allies: an analytic condition for disruption by partisans
Jarra Horstman, Andrew Melatos, Farhad Farokhi
An individual's opinion concerning political bias in the media is shaped by exogenous factors (independent analysis of media outputs) and endogenous factors (social activity, e.g.…