Project debater, harishnaderajin is a new series on iReporter. This week we look at the role of brains in persuasion. We talk to Eliza beck who has studied persuaders' brains for years. She explains how brain imaging can help us understand what makes messages more persuasive and which health messages get people to quit smoking.
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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