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AI debate improves human judges' accuracy more for mainstream-belief than skeptical-belief judges on COVID-19 claims.

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The improvement is most significant for judges with mainstream beliefs (up to +15.2% accuracy on COVID-19 claims), though debate also helps skeptical judges who initially misjudge claims move toward accurate views (+4.7% accuracy).

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Breakdown of debate's benefit by judges' prior beliefs in Study I.

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