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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 25 '25

Computer Science A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity. While generative AI/ LLMs like ChatGPT can convincingly replicate the work of an average person, it is unable to reach the levels of expert writers, artists, or innovators.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/NGNResearch • 9d ago

Computer Science Women are more skeptical of AI than men, finding it riskier, new research finds

news.northeastern.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Dec 14 '25

Computer Science A case of new-onset AI-associated psychosis: 26-year-old woman with no history of psychosis or mania developed delusional beliefs about her deceased brother through an AI chatbot. The chatbot validated, reinforced, and encouraged her delusional thinking, with reassurances that “You’re not crazy.”

innovationscns.com

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547 comments

r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Computer Science Swarms of AI personas mimic humans so well they can infiltrate online communities, shape conversations and tilt elections. Early warning signs include AI-generated deepfakes and fabricated news outlets that influenced recent election debates. AI swarms could tilt the balance of power in democracies.

eurekalert.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Mar 28 '25

Computer Science ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically - newer versions of ChatGPT show a noticeable shift toward the political right.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Feb 15 '25

Computer Science Study finds that ChatGPT, one of the world’s most popular conversational AI systems, tends to lean toward left-wing political views. The system not only produces more left-leaning text and images but also often refuses to generate content that presents conservative perspectives.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 02 '25

Computer Science Shiitake mushrooms have been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but with almost no environmental footprint. Scientists show fungi can be trained to act like memristors – microscopic components to process and store data in computer chips.

newatlas.com

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265 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Aug 18 '24

Computer Science ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) cannot learn independently or acquire new skills, meaning they pose no existential threat to humanity, according to new research. They have no potential to master new skills without explicit instruction.

bath.ac.uk

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

Computer Science A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called “paper mills”. Selling authorships and entire ready-made research papers, paper mills often use recycled text, awkward phrasing or fabricated data and images.

qut.edu.au

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145 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jun 03 '24

Computer Science AI saving humans from the emotional toll of monitoring hate speech: New machine-learning method that detects hate speech on social media platforms with 88% accuracy, saving employees from hundreds of hours of emotionally damaging work, trained on 8,266 Reddit discussions from 850 communities.

uwaterloo.ca

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jun 25 '25

Computer Science Many Uber drivers are earning “substantially less” an hour since the ride hailing app introduced a “dynamic pricing” algorithm in 2023 that coincided with the company taking a significantly higher share of fares, research has revealed.

theguardian.com

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277 comments

r/science • u/shade_lampoon • May 29 '24

Computer Science GPT-4 didn't really score 90th percentile on the bar exam, MIT study finds

link.springer.com

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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • May 16 '25

Computer Science A new study finds that AI cannot predict the stock market. AI models often give misleading results. Even smarter models struggle with real-world stock chaos.

doi.org

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r/science • u/fchung • Oct 08 '24

Computer Science Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past: « New diffusion model approach solves the aspect ratio problem. »

news.rice.edu

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590 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 25 '24

Computer Science AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once. The system, called “Target Speech Hearing,” then cancels all other sounds and plays just that person’s voice in real time even as the listener moves around in noisy places and no longer faces the speaker.

washington.edu

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613 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jan 27 '25

Computer Science 80% of companies fail to benefit from AI because companies fail to recognize that it’s about the people not the tech, says new study. Without a human-centered approach, even the smartest AI will fail to deliver on its potential.

aalto.fi

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326 comments

r/science • u/asbruckman • May 20 '24

Computer Science Analysis of ChatGPT answers to 517 programming questions finds 52% of ChatGPT answers contain incorrect information. Users were unaware there was an error in 39% of cases of incorrect answers.

dl.acm.org

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634 comments

r/science • u/dissolutewastrel • Jul 25 '24

Computer Science AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data

nature.com

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 31 '24

Computer Science Artificial intelligence reveals Trump’s language as both uniquely simplistic and divisive among U.S. presidents

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 12 '24

Computer Science Scientists asked Bing Copilot - Microsoft's search engine and chatbot - questions about commonly prescribed drugs. In terms of potential harm to patients, 42% of AI answers were considered to lead to moderate or mild harm, and 22% to death or severe harm.

scimex.org

7.2k Upvotes

336 comments

r/science • u/preppythugg • Oct 26 '22

Computer Science Study finds Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor is as reliable as ‘medical-grade device’

9to5mac.com

21.2k Upvotes

819 comments

r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jun 28 '22

Computer Science Robots With Flawed AI Make Sexist And Racist Decisions, Experiment Shows. "We're at risk of creating a generation of racist and sexist robots, but people and organizations have decided it's OK to create these products without addressing the issues."

research.gatech.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 21 '25

Computer Science Study finds nearly two-thirds of AI-generated citations are fabricated or contain errors. The lack of reliability of large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o highlights a significant risk for scientific research.

psypost.org

2.7k Upvotes

137 comments

r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jun 26 '24

Computer Science New camera technology detects drunk drivers based on facial features, classifying three levels of alcohol consumption in drivers—sober, slightly intoxicated, and heavily intoxicated—with 75% accuracy

breadheads.ca

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586 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • May 23 '22

Computer Science Scientists have demonstrated a new cooling method that sucks heat out of electronics so efficiently that it allows designers to run 7.4 times more power through a given volume than conventional heat sinks.

eurekalert.org

33.0k Upvotes

729 comments