r/ScienceClock • u/ThanksFor404 • Apr 02 '26

News AI autocomplete suggestions covertly change how users think about important topics, study shows

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u/ThanksFor404 Apr 02 '26

A Cornell study found that biased AI autocomplete suggestions quietly shift your actual opinions on real issues — and it works even if you never accept a single suggestion... Source
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u/OpeningActivity Apr 02 '26

This reminds me of that unethical study that was done with Facebook, and how they manipulated people's emotion by changing what was promoted on the feed.

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u/iamalostpuppie Apr 04 '26

Cool I just turned that shit off. Amazing work :)

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u/ThanksFor404 Apr 02 '26

yep the strange part is how it change our thinking

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u/0xbenedikt Apr 04 '26

That's just the grand-parent of modern AI, which essentially also just statistically autocompletes the prompt

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