Project Debaters Learned by Studying the Greats

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The project debater is able to record and transcribe its opponent's speech. How is it able to pick it apart and figure out what they argued? Well, just like human debaters learned by studying the greats, project debater had some home work to doover the hills.

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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