#AI #chatbots, unlike #socialmedia, appear to reduce #polarisation by nudging users towards the #centre of the #ideologicalspectrum. This is attributed to their training data, which skews towards #mainstream, #expertlegible content, unlike social media’s profit-driven amplification of inflammatory content. https://paulkedrosky.com/chart-of-the-weekend-chatbots-as-anti-social-media/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Chart of the Weekend: Chatbots as Anti-Social Media

Social media pushes people toward the fringes; LLMs push people toward the middle

Paul Kedrosky