A world champion debater would go up against a computer in a debate broadcast to the whole world. Harish notarajon: "I didn't like what i was arguing for anyway, so i was like, wolgo for the machine" The two had just 15 minutes to prepare to night's resolution, we should subsidize priest school. But fortunately, it sounds like there are no hard feelings.
This episode, featuring Andy Luttrell of the Opinion Science Podcast, is all about a machine, built by IBM, that can debate human beings on any issue, which leads to the question: is persuasion, with language, using arguments, and the ability to alter another person’s attitudes, beliefs, values, opinions, and behavior a uniquely human phenomenon, or could you be persuaded to change your mind by an artificial intelligence designed to do just that? If so, what does that say about opinions, our arguments, and in the end, our minds?
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