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Re:Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentiviz... by AlexCoventry on Saturday May 17, 2025 @10:40PM (#44018583)
These students are probably intellectually gifted, they're just playing a stupid game for the sake of an item on their resume.
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Re:Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentiviz... by namaria on Sunday May 18, 2025 @04:21AM (#44019833)
I question the intellect of anyone engaging in silly games with the sole purpose of impressing other people.
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Re:Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentiviz... by bardan on Sunday May 18, 2025 @04:40AM (#44019910)
Seems like a competition that started reasonably and mutated into nonsense over time as the rules were exploited (and never modified, I guess). If it's an established debate style and offered to kids as legitimate you can't blame them. Kids do what is available to them.
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Re:Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentiviz... by namaria on Monday May 19, 2025 @03:00AM (#44027142)
Everyone has choices to make in life.
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