Habermas machines (Horning)

Researchers from Google recently issued a paper describing what they call a “Habermas machine,” a LLM meant to help “small groups find common ground while discussing divisive political issues” by iterating “group statements that were based on the personal opinions and critiques from individual users, with the goal of maximizing group approval ratings.” (...) It appears that people are more likely to agree with a position when it appears that no one really holds it than to agree with a position articulated by another person.