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erronis

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Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:52 PM

Apr 28

The moderators had also asked the University of Zurich to block the research from being published. The response from the university noted that is outside their purview. A university response quoted in the post stated:

“This project yields important insights, and the risks (e.g. trauma etc.) are minimal. This means that suppressing publication is not proportionate to the importance of the insights the study yields.”

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Experiment using AI-generated posts on Reddit draws fire for ethics concerns -- Retraction Watch [View all] erronis Apr 28 OP

To add another excerpt: erronis Apr 28 #1

The researchers and their university should be sued. highplainsdem Apr 28 #2

The "experiment" is happening for real by bad actors and others, so this is much adieu about nothing andym Apr 29 #3

AI-Reddit study leader gets warning as ethics committee moves to 'stricter review process' erronis Apr 29 #4

I don't see this as a big deal SCantiGOP Apr 29 #5

You are right. We are all part of thousands/millions of experiments all our lives. erronis Apr 29 #6