Can artificial intelligence technology help fix difficult problems?

Its a generic question that you see more of these days, and the answer is typically no.

The control condition involved people talking with the AI chatbot about some topic unrelated to the conspiracy theories.

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And the authors, who recently spoke withArs Technicawere encouraged by the results.

And theres no indication that the pace of new conspiracy theories will slow down anytime soon.

If AI can help fight against that, it can only be good for the future of humanity.

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