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The truth about digital propaganda
Reasonable People #55: Our piece in New Scientist bring evidence to worries about online manipulation
Sep 1
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August 2024
Pathologies of collective life
Reasonable People #54 : Two phenomena which derail useful meetings, and thoughts on how to tame them.
Aug 5
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March 2024
AI-juiced political microtargeting
Reasonable People #53 looking carefully at the claims in one study which uses generative AI to customise ads to personality type
Mar 26
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Propaganda is dangerous, but not because it is persuasive
Reasonable People #52: I pick at the claim that propaganda "doesn't work".
Mar 11
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How persuasive is AI-generated propaganda?
Reasonable People #51: Bullet review of a new paper suggesting LLMs can create highly persuasive text and will supercharge covert propaganda campaigns.
Mar 2
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January 2024
Pieces of the puzzle
Reasonable People #50: snippets on reason, bias and persuasion. And Tetris
Jan 6
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December 2023
Complex problems and the rush to judgement
Reasonable People #49: Resisting the idea that the solution is obvious, while committing to good processes for getting there
Dec 28, 2023
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October 2023
How do you fact-check a deep story?
Reasonable People #48: The dynamics of 'participatory disinformation' campaigns show the limits of trying to correct individual rumours
Oct 26, 2023
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A new study puts another nail in the coffin of "fake news"
Reasonable People #47: Mainstream stories have the lion's share of the impact on people's attitudes to the covid vaccine, shows analysis of massive…
Oct 22, 2023
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A new study puts another nail in the coffin of "fake news"
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Fragments of reason
Reasonable People #46 some new things which caught my eye
Oct 7, 2023
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September 2023
Upcoming talks x2
Possibility Studies Network (2pm, Wednesday, 6th of Sept) and Consciousness Perspectives Forum (7.30pm, Monday, 18th of Sept)
Sep 4, 2023
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August 2023
Radiation-laced chapatis as a test case for defining Conspiracy Theories
Reasonable People #45: When is news obviously fake? And can Conspiracy Theories be defined, or is the term just one of abuse?
Aug 22, 2023
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