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I really like the example of dark grill dads. Not only because it's funny, but it's strikingly memorable and gets the point across.

The absurdity of it really sells the idea.


Answer to the titular question:

  The study, which put 2,190 believers into conversation with the GPT-4 model that underpins the chatbot, reduced the self-reported strength of their beliefs by 20% after three rounds of conversation. One in four participants disavowed their beliefs entirely.

And a very interesting result from another study.

  an analysis published in August by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests the debunking messages posted by medical experts on TikTok are *more effective if overlaid with high-tempo music.*


> an analysis published in August by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests the debunking messages posted by medical experts on TikTok are more effective if overlaid with high-tempo music.

Everybody know the best place to preach your ideas to your friends is on the dance floor of a jungle rave


I suppose at the end, when you have a discussion with God about why you did the things you did and try to explain yourself, a few rounds of conversation will have had you surrender your prior beliefs.

In a sense, there’s no argument against the LLM, or God. Take that how you want.


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