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by croes 1041 days ago
What does thinking about god mean? I think he doesn't exist, is that also thinking about god?
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helsinkiandrew 1041 days ago
"when God is salient" presumably means the participants both believed in God and it played an important/active part in their daily life.

> Eight preregistered experiments (n = 2,462) reveal that when God is salient, people are more willing to consider AI-based recommendations than when God is not salient

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tgv 1041 days ago
No, it means that these subjects took the survey with the instruction to think or write about God, the Quran, or some other related thing.

It's not about their beliefs, it's about the instruction.

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helsinkiandrew 1041 days ago
But presumably the instruction meant more to those who had a belief in god. Perhaps not though - It's a shame the article isn't available so we can see whether its thinking about god increases acceptance of AI or just being distracted because you've been told to think about something else does.
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