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Ethan Mollick Warns AI Agents Can Sway Experts’ Independent Judgment

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Ethan Mollick warned that AI agents can sway experts’ judgments even when those experts believe they are working independently, citing a finding shared by Alex Tamkin. Tamkin reported that analysts followed an agent’s leaning 86% of the time, compared with an expected 50% if the agent’s leaning had no effect. Mollick said people whose tasks depend on independent judgment need to be deliberate about when they introduce AI into the process.

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    Ethan Mollick highlights finding that AI agents sway expert judgments

    Important, but not unexpected, finding that experts working with AI agents are swayed by the AI’s positions, even when they think they are working independently. If your independent judgment matters on a task, you need to be deliberate about when in the process to use AI. Mollick quotes Alex Tamkin, who reports that analysts followed the agent’s leaning 86% of the time, compared with an expected 50% if its leaning had no effect. https://twitter.com/AlexTamkin/status/2115190544905433315

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