Conspiracy theories. Love em. Hate em. (As a scientifically trained person, I kinda hate them). However you feel about them, they’re here to stay.
Or are they?
A study directed a Chat GPT-4 bot to converse with conspiracy theorists about their favourite theories. The result? Using it’s huge array of facts to counter the theorists reasoning, confidence in conspiracy theories dropped by as much as 60%, and held for two months.
While AI is being used to create an astonishing output of disinformation, perhaps it will also be the key to a less conspiracy theory led world?
Here’s hoping.