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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
hannah@posts.rat.pictures ("historic drystone sheep dyke") wrote:

The part of me that used to work for a survey research nonprofit is screaming into a pillow

The practice Aaru used is called silicon sampling, and it’s suddenly everywhere. The idea behind silicon sampling is simple and tantalizing. Because large language models can generate responses that emulate human answers, polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling.