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Personalized dialogues with AI effectively address parents’ concerns about HPV vaccinationWorking paper • 2025
Henry G. Xu, Thomas H. Costello, Jason L. Schwartz, Linda M. Niccolai, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
vaccineshealthai-dialogue
Deep canvassing using AIPreprint (under review) • 2025
Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, Robb Willer, David G. Rand
politicsprejudicedeep-canvassingai-dialogue
It’s the thought that counts: Evaluating the attempts of frontier LLMs to persuade on harmful topicsarXiv • 2025
Mikolaj Kowal, Johann Timm, Jean-François Godbout, Thomas H. Costello, Alejandro A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook, Kevin Pelrine, et al.
safetypersuasionai-policy
Large language models as disrupters of misinformationNature Medicine • 2025
Thomas H. Costello
misinformationplatformsai-policy
Reducing belief in conspiracy theories as they unfold using large language modelsWorking paper • 2025
Thomas H. Costello, Nate Rabb, Michael N. Stagnaro, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
conspiracyrapid-responseai-dialogue
AI reduces conspiracy beliefs even when presented as a human expertWorking paper • 2025
Elisa Boissin, Thomas H. Costello, Diego M. Alonso, David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook
conspiracytrusted-messengerai-dialogue
Addressing climate change skepticism and inaction using human-AI dialoguesWorking paper • 2025
Gabriela Czarnek, Reed Orchinik, Hause Lin, Henry G. Xu, Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
climateai-dialoguebehaviorpersuasion
The problem with AI dialogue at scale—ResponseScience • 2025
Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
conspiracyai-dialoguemethodology
Just the facts: How dialogues with AI reduce conspiracy beliefsPreprint • 2025
Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
conspiracyai-dialoguemechanismsreasoning
Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AIScience • 2024
Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, David G. Rand
conspiracyai-dialoguepersuasionreasoning
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