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Re:Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans by ninjha on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:23PM (#50198353)
> as of 2020 most researchers believe that backfire effects either are unlikely to occur on the broader population level, or only occur in very specific circumstances, or do not exist

from your link

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Re:Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans by paimapi on Thursday October 22, 2026 @04:56PM (#50200909)
the sentence before that is even better:

"A 2020 review of the scientific literature on backfire effects found that there have been widespread failures to replicate their existence, even under conditions that theoretically would be favorable to observing them."

queue Michele McLaughlin

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