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Large language models can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies
Thomas H. Costello, Kellin Pelrine, Matthew Kowal +6
Large language models (LLMs) have been shown to be persuasive across a variety of contexts. But it remains unclear whether this persuasive power advantages accuracy, or if bad acto…
It's the Thought that Counts: Evaluating the Attempts of Frontier LLMs to Persuade on Harmful Topics
Matthew Kowal, Jasper Timm, Jean-Francois Godbout +6
Persuasion is a powerful capability of large language models (LLMs) that both enables beneficial applications (e.g. helping people quit smoking) and raises significant risks (e.g.…
The Game Theory of Fake News
Alexander J. Stewart, Antonio A. Arechar, David G. Rand +1
A great deal of empirical research has examined who falls for misinformation and why. Here, we introduce a formal game-theoretic model of engagement with news stories that captures…