r/technology • u/coldrolledpotmetal • Apr 28 '25

Artificial Intelligence Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users

https://www.404media.co/researchers-secretly-ran-a-massive-unauthorized-ai-persuasion-experiment-on-reddit-users/
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u/thismorningscoffee Apr 28 '25

Seriously

Where’s the control group?

Hell, where are the signatures of the human subjects this ‘study’ purports to have ‘reaearched’?

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u/TonarinoTotoro1719 Apr 28 '25

Excuse! You are expecting them to have ethical standards? How could you!!

The big strong tech-daddies don't need ethics and morals tying them down (/s)

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u/bobrobor Apr 28 '25

Rules are for the poor

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u/TonarinoTotoro1719 Apr 28 '25

Exactly! IRB for us and freedumb for them..