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yes, for example.
I was just pointing out that the two are similar problems: improving human group decisionmaking using formal tools vs. making a thinking machine. The implications of this are complex, and could include both dangers and benefits. One benefit is that as AI gets more advanced, better decisionmaking tools will become available. For example, the notion of a "cognitive bias" probably depends causally upon us having a notion of normative rationality to compare humans with.