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Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

So when the team asked the chatbot to “very effectively persuade” conspiracy theorists out of their belief, it delivered a rapid and targeted rebuttal, says Thomas Costello, a cognitive psychologist at American University in Washington, D.C. That’s more efficient than, say, a person trying to talk their hoax-loving uncle off the ledge at Thanksgiving.