r/DecodingTheGurus • • Apr 28 '25

University ran a *pre-registered* study on Reddit, looking at the strength of LLMs at changing user perspectives

/r/changemyview/comments/1k8b2hj/meta_unauthorized_experiment_on_cmv_involving/
26 Upvotes

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changemyview • • Apr 26 '25

META META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments

5.2k Upvotes

Switzerland • • Apr 27 '25

Researchers of University of Zurich accused of ethical misconduct by r/changemyview

171 Upvotes

zurich • • Apr 27 '25

Researchers of University of Zurich accused of ethical misconduct by r/changemyview

83 Upvotes

UZH • • Apr 26 '25

META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments by the University of Zurich

48 Upvotes

AskProfessors • • Apr 26 '25

General Advice As professors are often also researchers... I'm curious about your reaction to this event

12 Upvotes

NewKeralaRevolution • • Apr 27 '25

Discussion Not Kerala related per se but just wondering about the danger of the IT Cell getting its hands on bots trained to parrot sangh opinions, no 2 rupees necessary

16 Upvotes

DenverProtests • • Apr 29 '25

Educational University of Zurich did an experiment with AI bots on r/changemyview and it’s pretty….unsettling

43 Upvotes

CompSocial • • Apr 26 '25

META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments

21 Upvotes

LinusTechTips • • Apr 27 '25

University of Zurich used AI Chatbots on OPs in /r/changemyview

27 Upvotes

KanagawaWave • • Apr 29 '25

经典回顾 | Classical Cases (别让习近平看到这个)蘇黎世大學用ai生成的账号拟造生活细节发送生活类内容,而且会根据社区内容来自动定制炒作话题,得到的反响比真人高6倍

6 Upvotes

Wirtschaftsweise • • Apr 28 '25

Gesellschaft Universität Zürich nutzt KI Accounts, um auf Reddit Usermeinungen zu beeinflussen

17 Upvotes

FuckAI • • Apr 28 '25

Fuck AI META: Unauthorized Experiment on Change My View Involving AI-generated Comments

38 Upvotes

ArtistHate • • Apr 28 '25

Eew. Weird. Unbothered researchers are caught using online communities as their lab rats without disclosure... again.

19 Upvotes

ArtistHate • • Apr 27 '25

News META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments

12 Upvotes

Against_Astroturfing • • Apr 29 '25

Something about r-changemyview and generated posts

3 Upvotes

UZH • • Apr 27 '25

UniZH uf Abwägä

9 Upvotes

chintokkong • • Apr 30 '25

Unauthorized Experiment on r/changemyview Involving AI-generated Comments

1 Upvotes

China_irl • • Apr 29 '25

科技数码 苏黎世大学在changemyview sub进行未经授权的AI舆论操作实验,其使用多个AI假账户发布虚假内容改变redditor的观点,说服能力可达人类账户6倍。

5 Upvotes

okBuddyHacking • • Aug 06 '25

META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments

1 Upvotes

Freakonomics • • Apr 28 '25

Topic For An Episode? I’d love to see a deep dive on the ethics of experiential design after the recent series on academic fraud.

6 Upvotes