AI Persuasion Correlates with Intelligence, Outperforming Humans
JeffLadish · x · 2026-07-14
Jeff Ladish weighs in: persuasiveness is indeed correlated with the persuader's intelligence, and this correlation is stronger in LLMs than in humans (e.g., Fable is more persuasive than Haiku). Persuasion is a trainable skill, for both humans and AI.
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