Unauthorized AI experiment on CMV subreddit exposed
April 26, 2025, 6:20 pm
A University of Zurich study, running undisclosed for four months, deployed AI-generated comments on the popular ChangeMyView subreddit in an apparent bid to sway opinions. The experiment, conducted without the community’s consent, has ignited controversy among moderators over the ethics of non-consensual psychological manipulation.
META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments r/changemyview is a popular (top 1%) well moderated subreddit with an extremely well developed set of rules designed to encourage productive, meaningful debate between participants. The moderators there just found out that the...
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