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New paper! 📷
The brain's Multiple Demand (MD) network ramps up when tasks get hard, so its activity gets read as "effort", while meaning is left to the language network. But when you're following a tough lecture, is MD just working harder, or is it tracking the content?
Can (A)I change your mind?
New study finds LLMs can be as persuasive as humans — even in real-world, ecological conversations on controversial topics.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.01844
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