@Techmeme@techhub.socialSome experts in the human-computer interaction field say making AI chatbots act humanlike creates cognitive dissonance for users over how much to trust them (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/technol<…
@wraithe@mastodon.socialI wonder if one of the issues people have with unhoused folks w/smartphones; feeling a cognitive dissonance that someone with a pocket supercomputer but flailing for basic needs (food, etc)
And…yes those two things together are F’ed up.
Guess which one should be fixed?
(Spoiler: It’s Not the📱)
@gwire@mastodon.socialThe US authorities saying that someone was a registered gun owner, when seeding a narrative to justify a killing, surely must be triggering the cognitive dissonance of the ruggedly independent bootlickers by now?
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaIf this image causes cognitive dissonance, you’re reading the wrong linguistics.
#Anarchism #NoamChomsky #Chomsky
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialA propos du livre When Prophecy Fails, qui a proposé la théorie de la dissonance cognitive:
"cet article démontre que les affirmations centrales du livre sont fausses et que les auteurs [du livre] savaient qu'elles l'étaient. [...] [Les auteurs de l'article] exposent également de graves violations éthiques commises par les chercheurs, notamment la fabrication de messages psychiques, la manipulation secrète et l'ingérence dans une enquête sur la protection de l'…
@wraithe@mastodon.social😂😂
