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AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds

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ddevpost · 1789742442 · focus · HN ↗
try it out for yourself at <a href="https://debunkbot.com" rel="nofollow">https://debunkbot.com !
(I'm the dev)
1. saimiam · 1789743277 · focus · HN ↗
  I tried it on mobile.
  Far too many screens to click through to get to the good parts.
  And then, the good part starts and is immediately interrupted with some error. On retrying, o start getting a long answer which seems to make sense but o can’t read to completion because of another overlay which hides the bottom three-quarters of the response behind yet another nag screen about the research I’m supposedly consenting to.
  1. ddevpost · 1789743562 · focus · HN ↗
    Thanks for the feedback. We have to show the consent dialog for ethical reasons, but once you consent it shouldn't reappear, that sounds like it is a bug. Which browser did you use?
    I tried to make the site with minimal client side state, so I'd hope a refresh would fix it
    saimiam · 1789756280 · focus · HN ↗
    DuckDuckGo browser on iPhone 14
2. philipkglass · 1789751302 · focus · HN ↗
  This was fun. Here's my test session: <a href="https://debunkbot.com/chat/48a5ac29-2924-4689-b573-2c38a1cdd87b" rel="nofollow">https://debunkbot.com/chat/48a5ac29-2924-4689-b573-2c38a1cdd...
  I don't know which model underlies this. It responded more quickly than the models I normally use. It made the mistake I expected it to make, since this misconception is very common in training data, and conceded the point from my follow-up.
  (EDIT: It appears that this link is not accessible to people without my cookies, except the developer I'm responding to above.)
  1. ddevpost · 1789759832 · focus · HN ↗
    You can share the text from individual messages but full chat share feature is TBD :)
    Glad you enjoyed!
  2. ddevpost · 1790611766 · focus · HN ↗
    you should be able to share this now, share button makes it public under /share/
    philipkglass · 1790966552 · focus · HN ↗
    For anyone venturing into this thread later, here's the share:
    <a href="https://debunkbot.com/share/48a5ac29-2924-4689-b573-2c38a1cdd87b" rel="nofollow">https://debunkbot.com/share/48a5ac29-2924-4689-b573-2c38a1cd...
3. fragmede · 1789759264 · focus · HN ↗
  That was fun! I told it the Earth was flat and it gave me a way to check for myself.
  Share feature doesn't work.

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