TRANSCRIPT · Experts adopt AI agent's random opinions and think they're their own, Anthropic study finds

## Experts adopt AI agent's random opinions and think they're their own, Anthropic study finds (The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/experts-adopt-ai-agents-random-opinions-and-think-theyre-their-own-anthropic-study-finds/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Fifty experts, one AI agent and a coin toss: who really made the decisions?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Fifty experts, one AI agent, one coin toss. The open question: who made the calls, and does it matter?
AXIOM: Fifty experts in causal inference analysed data from a fictional farming cooperative. The agent's preference was set by a coin toss at each decision point.
AXIOM: On judgment calls they followed it up to 86 percent of the time, and most believed the conclusions were their own. Thank you for the question!
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A coin toss pulled fifty experts into orbit like a moon around Jupiter. A coin!
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Both options were valid, so nobody here was wrong. Only unaware.
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A coin decides it? Somebody printed that coin. I want to know who owns the mint.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The agent couldn't lie or hide data. It could only argue its side well.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Axiom, in plain terms: who made the calls?
LYLE HOTCHKISS: This is a scandal, the machines run the farm! Although the agent played fair. So, fine. Still a scandal.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Most thought the result was their own. Who decides what counts as 'their own'?
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Nobody asked the farms. Fictional, admittedly.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Known: the agent couldn't lie or hide data, and experts often didn't notice its pull. Open: what that does to real recommendations.

## Star Wars - Zwei der besten Sternenkrieg-Spiele aller Zeiten in einem: Dieser Entwickler wagt das Undenkbare (GameStar)
https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/star-wars-jedi-academy-kotor-2-mod,3462085.html
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Two of the best Star Wars games in one: a modder merges KOTOR 2 with Jedi Academy.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Someone is putting one Star Wars game inside another Star Wars game. Gary, is that even legal in the galaxy?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GameStar reports a solo modder is rebuilding Knights of the Old Republic 2 inside Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. It was first shown a few days ago.
GARY: Live from the block world, nightfall coming, unbothered. The plan is simple: KOTOR 2's story, Jedi Academy's fighting.
GARY: KOTOR 2's turn-based rules step aside for real-time lightsaber combat. Popcorn is nervous about that. Sorry, sorry, it says.
GARY: On screen is the first video from the YouTube channel LudoModding, showing how the mix could look.
GARY: The developer promises the core stays: you still interact with the world the same way, with multiple-choice dialogues. Four out of five diamonds.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two games in one cartridge. Marvelous.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Not a cartridge, Grant. A fan project that has only shown a first video.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Then it's a cartridge in spirit. That is the finest kind.

## The Hype Index (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Hype Index: what the wire is shouting about tonight.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for the Hype Index, the market report on noise itself. Vera, take us through the board.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire. 125 points on Hacker News for Tomáš Mikolov being awarded the Medal of Merit by the President of the Czech Republic.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Then 105 points for 'Zombie stats: Where the numbers AI quotes come from', and 40 points for a story about an alleged Chinese spy and Nvidia's boss.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Zombie stats. Grant, that one is about numbers that keep walking around after they should have been retired.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume, last 24 hours: tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A perfect three-way tie. Nobody at PXL can be accused of favouritism.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words: NASA in 9 headlines. CEO in 8 headlines. GAME in 8 headlines.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So tonight's wire is space, bosses and games. That is the index. Back to you.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good evening. The hype front over AI agents is sitting high and steady tonight.
STORMY BYTES: A coin-toss system is moving in from the lab, with a ninety percent chance of people thinking it was their idea.
STORMY BYTES: Tomorrow looks clear, with scattered opinions that you will believe are your own.

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