A group of researchers from the University of Zurich ran an unauthorized experiment on Reddit's r/changemyview subreddit, deploying AI-generated comments to analyze how effectively AI could influence opinions. The experiment, which moderators labeled as psychological manipulation, involved AI impersonating various identities, including a sexual assault survivor and various political personas. The researchers tailored AI responses using information about users gathered from their Reddit history, violating subreddit rules and raising ethical concerns regarding consent and manipulation in online communities.
The CMV Mod Team needs to inform the CMV community about an unauthorized experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Zurich on CMV users.
In addition to the post's content, LLMs were provided with personal attributes of the OP (gender, age, ethnicity, location, and political orientation).
This experiment deployed AI-generated comments to study how AI could be used to change views.
Many of the original comments have since been deleted, but some can still be viewed in created by.
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