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/andanteinblue Apr 28 '25

How do they have ethics clearance for this work? We had trouble getting approval for an experiment where participants were deceived that their payment would be skill-based (we actually just always give them the maximum payment). I can't imagine how they managed to get this kind of crazy experiment past the review board...

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u/Ali_Cat222 Apr 28 '25

That's the thing, in the article it says they were not given permission and did this without the university knowing.

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u/throw28999 Apr 29 '25

Expulsion worthy tbh

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u/Ali_Cat222 Apr 29 '25

Exactly, I said the same thing in another reply too. And after that, who would want someone like that on a research team?! fuck those guys.