Daily Science Brief

How to Sweet-Talk an AI


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Why scrolling on the toilet could be bad for your health, why we may have way less carbon storage underground than we thought, whether plant-based dog food really works, and how humans and AIs fall for the same persuasion tricks.


SOURCES

  • Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids | New Scientist
  • We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought | New Scientist
  • Plant-based dog foods provide almost all the nutrients pets need | New Scientist
  • These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts | Ars Technica

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