Project Debater - How to Debug a Computer Debate

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Project debater uses a massive collection of arond 400 million newspaper articles. To pull out the few bits of information that are relevant, the system uses what computer scientists call argument mining. But there's another trick up its sleeve, or its mother board. Some topulein debate. An tonaslok,. If i'm debating whether or not to ban the sale of alcohol or whether or notto ban ogan trade, it's the same debate. It doesn't matter in most cases.

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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