Good luck telling your ai-infatuated friends

I've just had a long (slightly frustrating) discussion that basically boils down to their faith being stronger than the numbers, claiming that the study is flawed, that it should be ignored because it's on arxiv.org.

Breaking faith is very difficult, and will likely cause friction with your peers. It doesn't matter what facts are raised, they will fall back on arguments that support their position despite the numbers.

Part of the problem is the time dilation that we experience according to what we're doing and how we feel whilst doing it, discussed here: https://www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social-media-shortens-your-...