Voters Are Asking A.I. About Elections. The Answers Can Vary by User.
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a go-to stop for voters looking for information about political races. Researchers are studying the effects.
TL;DR
- Voters used AI for election information prior to Alaska's primary election.
- An AI model named Claude provided different health care stances for Senator Dan Sullivan depending on whether the user was a Democrat or Republican.
- A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) project is documenting what major AI systems say about elections, starting with local midterms.
- Large language models powering chatbots are becoming a primary source for election information, surpassing social media and search engines for some voters.
- Political experts are researching how chatbots influence the democratic process.
- Researchers are studying the information environment provided by AI for different user demographics, political identities, and geographies.