2 papers
cs.CL2025
The Levers of Political Persuasion with Conversational AI
Kobi Hackenburg, Ben M. Tappin, Luke Hewitt +7
There are widespread fears that conversational AI could soon exert unprecedented influence over human beliefs. Here, in three large-scale experiments (N=76,977), we deployed 19 LLM…
cs.AI2025
Lessons from a Chimp: AI "Scheming" and the Quest for Ape Language
Christopher Summerfield, Lennart Luettgau, Magda Dubois +9
We examine recent research that asks whether current AI systems may be developing a capacity for "scheming" (covertly and strategically pursuing misaligned goals). We compare curre…