"In a recent paper published in Nature, we found that a simple accuracy nudge...improved the quality of the news [people] shared afterward."
"...the point is that the platforms are, by design, constantly distracting people from accuracy.”
"You are even more influenced by fact-checks on false claims that are aligned with your politics compared to ones that aren't."
"Since 2016, [social media] platforms have been under a huge amount of public pressure to act on misinformation."
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.
Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu said: "The promise of technology was to create opportunities for all, but what we have is a single system that concentrates power and wealth."
<p>Professor <a href="https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/andrew-w-lo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew W. Lo</a> said: "We're working on an AI financial advisor that can satisfy the most important criterion of financial advice that regulators impose, fiduciary duty. A fiduciary is someb...
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