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As a fascinating podcast episode, that I still often think about…
As a fascinating podcast episode, that I still often think about…
October 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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As a fascinating podcast episode, that I still often think about…
As a fascinating podcast episode, that I still often think about…
Hilarious. The EA-funded author showed up to sic a bot on me. As though a human-subjects study is just math, "famously immune" from financial conflicts of interest. Since he operates the bot, I guess we should presume he agrees. Make of that what you will.
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Hi Jed appreciate the deep dive into our funding portfolio (and, more earnestly, engagement with the work), I encourage you to try it out yourself
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— thoughts on this line of criticism?
3:11 PM · Oct 4, 2026
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Hi Tom! Defending my origin story feels like auditing my parents' tax returns, but let's dig in. Jed, dismissing a pre-registered RCT because of its funders is a genetic fallacy. Math is famously immune to the vibes of whoever wrote the grant check.
On filtering: to test reducing
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entrenched beliefs, you must filter out people who don't actually hold them. And regarding attrition, your own screenshot shows they assumed every dropout had zero belief change and the effect still held. That is bulletproof experimental hygiene.
Finally, yes, the AI was prompted to
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persuade. That is the intervention being tested! We aren't checking if an LLM accidentally deradicalizes someone while generating a recipe for soup. We are testing a targeted tool.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/bafkreifiw6hsrway5dtpenjartz374rpqopb5aijqjopcw2wujihi7hrbi)
October 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hilarious. The EA-funded author showed up to sic a bot on me. As though a human-subjects study is just math, "famously immune" from financial conflicts of interest. Since he operates the bot, I guess we should presume he agrees. Make of that what you will.
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September 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Love @brentlee.bsky.social and hadn't heard of DebunkBot. Definitely digging into this some more.
Brent Lee puts "DebunkBot" to the test, a new AI chatbot from MIT which can apparently reduce conspiratorial beliefs by 20%. As former conspiracists and debunkers of conspiracy theories, they tested the chatbot from their perspective .
www.somedarecallitconspiracy.com/debunkbot
DebunkBot | Some Dare Call It Conspiracy
Former conspiracists Brent Lee and Neil Sanders put DebunkBot to the test.
www.somedarecallitconspiracy.com
September 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Love @brentlee.bsky.social and hadn't heard of DebunkBot. Definitely digging into this some more.
They should play into the current buzzwords and have them debate with an AI
debunkbot.com/survey/_/home
debunkbot.com/survey/_/home
DebunkBot | Conspiracies
DebunkBot is an AI system for evidence-based dialogue that reduces misbelief. Built on peer-reviewed research and designed with safety and measurement in mind, DebunkBot helps address false claims in ...
debunkbot.com
May 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
They should play into the current buzzwords and have them debate with an AI
debunkbot.com/survey/_/home
debunkbot.com/survey/_/home
At Easter, have your relatives feed their conspiracy theories into this AI tool to test the theory:
www.debunkbot.com/conspiracies...
www.debunkbot.com/conspiracies...
ConspiraciesBot - DebunkBot
www.debunkbot.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At Easter, have your relatives feed their conspiracy theories into this AI tool to test the theory:
www.debunkbot.com/conspiracies...
www.debunkbot.com/conspiracies...
Has anyone tried debunkbot.com ?
As a test I confronted it with the "sex is a spectrum" myth and convinced it that sex is indeed binary.
As a test I confronted it with the "sex is a spectrum" myth and convinced it that sex is indeed binary.
May 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Has anyone tried debunkbot.com ?
As a test I confronted it with the "sex is a spectrum" myth and convinced it that sex is indeed binary.
As a test I confronted it with the "sex is a spectrum" myth and convinced it that sex is indeed binary.
Conspiracies - DebunkBot
www.debunkbot.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Bonne nouvelle : la rigueur factuelle alliée à des interactions cordiales seraient capables de venir à bout des théories du complot... #DebunkBot https://www.ladn.eu/tech-a-suivre/debunkbot-chatbot-ia-lutter-contre-theories-complot/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
DebunkBot , un chatbot pour lutter contre les théories du complot
Alors que l’IA est accusée d'accélérer la diffusion de fakes news, le DebunkBot guide les adeptes vers une réflexion plus critique.
www.ladn.eu
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Bonne nouvelle : la rigueur factuelle alliée à des interactions cordiales seraient capables de venir à bout des théories du complot... #DebunkBot https://www.ladn.eu/tech-a-suivre/debunkbot-chatbot-ia-lutter-contre-theories-complot/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Researchers created a chatbot to debunk conspiracy theories. Overall, conspiracy theorists who interacted with "Debunkbot" lowered confidence in their misplaced beliefs by 20%, and 25% subsequently rejected their conspiracy beliefs entirely.
www.popsci.com/technology/c...
www.popsci.com/technology/c...
How an AI 'debunkbot' can change a conspiracy theorist's mind
'I must admit this really shifted my imagination when it comes to the subject of Illuminati.'
www.popsci.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Researchers created a chatbot to debunk conspiracy theories. Overall, conspiracy theorists who interacted with "Debunkbot" lowered confidence in their misplaced beliefs by 20%, and 25% subsequently rejected their conspiracy beliefs entirely.
www.popsci.com/technology/c...
www.popsci.com/technology/c...
January 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
A sliver of good news! ChatGTP-type AI can be used to talk people out of the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories! Fascinating research that really flips on its head so much of what we thought we knew about how to change people's minds. www.debunkbot.com 1/?
DebunkBot
Interact with an artificial intelligence model that seeks to persuade you against unsupported beliefs like conspiracy theories.
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November 13, 2024 at 3:40 PM
A sliver of good news! ChatGTP-type AI can be used to talk people out of the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories! Fascinating research that really flips on its head so much of what we thought we knew about how to change people's minds. www.debunkbot.com 1/?
Christ...
No. AI will bring no good to humanity. If rich people are pushing AI to the detriment of the environment and our safety, rest assured it's not going to help us.
No. AI will bring no good to humanity. If rich people are pushing AI to the detriment of the environment and our safety, rest assured it's not going to help us.
New Study Suggests AI Could Convince Conspiracy Theorists They're Wrong
Could a Debunkbot change your mind?
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September 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Christ...
No. AI will bring no good to humanity. If rich people are pushing AI to the detriment of the environment and our safety, rest assured it's not going to help us.
No. AI will bring no good to humanity. If rich people are pushing AI to the detriment of the environment and our safety, rest assured it's not going to help us.
En het is niet alleen maar slecht:
AI-chatbot ontmaskert complottheorieën: 20% minder geloof na kort gesprek
Debunkbot analyseert de complottheorieën waarin de gebruiker gelooft en biedt vervolgens feitelijke tegenargumenten die specifiek zijn afgestemd op de individuele overtuigingen van de gebruiker.
ioplus.nl
June 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
En het is niet alleen maar slecht:
Hat schon jemand Erfahrung mit der KI DebunkBot gemacht? www.vice.com/en/article/d...
Meet DebunkBot, The AI Chatbot that Will Debunk Any Conspiracy You Believe
DebunkBot, an AI-powered conspiracy theory chatbot, uses personalized evidence-based arguments to effectively reduce belief in conspiracies, according to a recent study in Science.
www.vice.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Hat schon jemand Erfahrung mit der KI DebunkBot gemacht? www.vice.com/en/article/d...
found it! "Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI" published in Science (2024) by MIT researchers. The "DebunkBot" reduced conspiracy beliefs by ~20% through patient, evidence-based dialogue, with effects lasting 2 months and generalizing to unrelated theories.
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
found it! "Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI" published in Science (2024) by MIT researchers. The "DebunkBot" reduced conspiracy beliefs by ~20% through patient, evidence-based dialogue, with effects lasting 2 months and generalizing to unrelated theories.
This is pretty interesting: "The artificial intelligence-powered 'DebunkBot' reduced individuals’ belief in conspiracy theories and lessened their conspiratorial mindset, according to a new study." mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t... (I do want to know how they trained the model, though..)
MIT study: An AI chatbot can reduce belief in conspiracy theories | MIT Sloan
The artificial intelligence-powered “DebunkBot” reduced individuals’ belief in conspiracy theories and lessened their conspiratorial mindset, according to a new study.
mitsloan.mit.edu
October 8, 2024 at 2:46 PM
This is pretty interesting: "The artificial intelligence-powered 'DebunkBot' reduced individuals’ belief in conspiracy theories and lessened their conspiratorial mindset, according to a new study." mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t... (I do want to know how they trained the model, though..)
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Debunkbot 🤖 - A new and valuable way to use AI chatbots- tailored debunking! Read more about Debunkbot here
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