Elon Musk : “almost all conspiracy theories people had about Twitter turned out to be true. Is there a conspiracy theory that didn’t turn out to be true? So far they’ve all turned out to be true, and even more true than people thought.” (more…)
UCLA research uses artificial intelligence to analyze differences between a true story and a completely fabricated one
A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial intelligence and a deep knowledge of how folklore is structured, explains how unrelated facts and false information can connect into a narrative framework that would quickly fall apart if some of those elements are taken out of the mix. (more…)
EU-Projekt veröffentlicht Erkenntnisse und umfangreiche Unterrichtsmaterialien
Die Mondlandung, Chemtrails oder der Coronavirus: Verschwörungstheorien sind allgegenwärtig, vor allem in den Sozialen Netzwerken. An der Universität Tübingen veröffentlicht ein EU-gefördertes Forschungsprojekt nun umfangreiche Forschungsergebnisse zum Thema. Unter Koordination von Professor Michael Butter hatten sich im Projekt „Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories” (COMPACT) seit April 2016 insgesamt 160 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus 40 Ländern mit Verschwörungstheorien auseinander gesetzt. (more…)
Phosphorus, a highly reactive element commonly found in match heads, tracer bullets, and fertilizers, can be turned into a stable crystalline form known as black phosphorus. In a new study, researchers from the University of Minnesota used an ultrathin black phosphorus film—only 20 layers of atoms—to demonstrate high-speed data communication on nanoscale optical circuits. (more…)
