Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers’ minds
Whether it is the mistaken idea that the moon landings never happened or the false claim that Covid jabs contain microchips, conspiracy theories abound, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
Now researchers have found that such beliefs can be altered by a chat with artificial intelligence (AI).
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