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What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

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MWITA-CCO-2026-011 · Evidence A · P1

Customers evaluated chatbot service less favorably than human service after both positive and negative outcomes, with lower perceived empathy explaining the penalty.

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What this does not establish

Most outcomes were self-reported vignettes and the live ChatGPT study concerned medical advice; no completed retail purchases were measured.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Informational competence did not compensate for the recurring empathy deficit, but causal transfer to newer production models remains unknown.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform or model changes, and deployed human or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

CCO-S011https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2024.103847Open source record →

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