"When you show people deepfakes and generative AI, a lot of times they come out of the experiment saying, 'I just don't trust anything anymore.'"
"Even professional journalists, as I understand it, are having a lot of trouble understanding what's true and what's not true."
David G. Rand says: “The people who are trying to be deceptive are not going to put the [A.I.] label on their stuff.”
TikTok consulted with MIT’s Dr. David G. Rand, whose research has examined how users respond to different types of AI labels.
Professor David Rand’s work bridges the fields of cognitive science, behavioral economics, and social psychology.
"Americans are more receptive to information that challenges their party leader's position than we had previously thought.”
Prof. David Rand was named to the 2023 Thinkers50 Radar Class, an annual list that honors 30 people who are expected to make an impact.
"Recent initiatives suggest that platforms may be able to channel partisan motivations to democratise moderation."
So far, Birdwatch users appear to be motivated as much by politics as by truth, said [Prof.] David Rand.
Poor "truth discernment" (i.e., the ability to tell fake news from real stories) is driven primarily by a lack of careful reasoning.
