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As seen in: Love Factually, The New York Times, Business Insider, Nature, Memory Studies, Psychology Today, TED, The Atlantic, Chicago Tribune, Harvard Business Review, Inc. and
Professor: @NorthwesternU, @KelloggSchool • Director: Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement • Book: The All-Or-Nothing Marriage • Podcast: Love Factually
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Commentary: Social media polarized us. AI is about to make it worse

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By William Brady, Eli J. Finkel
| West Central Tribune Verified
A growing chorus of researchers and commentators is making a seductive argument: that AI chatbots, unlike social media, push users toward expert consensus and moderate views. For example, a much-shared article from The Financial Times presented evidence that large language models elevate mainstream science and scholarship — in contrast to social platforms, which reward outrage and fringe voices. If social media is “populist and polarizing,” the argument goes, AI may be the antidote.
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Social media polarized us. AI is about to make it worse. (Opinion)

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By William Brady, Eli J. Finkel
| Daily Camera Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By William J. Brady and Eli J. Finkel A growing chorus of researchers and commentators is making a seductive argument: that AI chatbots, unlike social media, push users toward expert consensus and moderate views. For example, a much-shared article from The Financial Times presented evidence that large language models elevate mainstream science and scholarship — in contrast to social platforms, which reward outrage and fringe voices.
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Social media polarized us. AI is about to make it worse

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By William Brady, Eli J. Finkel
| The Brunswick News Verified
A growing chorus of researchers and commentators is making a seductive argument: that AI chatbots, unlike social media, push users toward expert consensus and moderate views. For example, a much-shared article from The Financial Times presented evidence that large language models elevate mainstream science and scholarship - in contrast to social platforms, which reward outrage and fringe voices. If social media is "populist and polarizing," the argument goes, AI may be the antidote.
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