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Karsten Schmidt · 20w
Simulated opinion polls to drive public policy — what could possibly go wrong! In the name of saving costs and producing more polls (i.e. the double benefit of increased efficiency AND productivit...
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@nprofile1q... TBF reading the stuff from Gallup, it doesn't suggest using simulations to drive policy. It is worth remembering that these agencies do political polling mainly to advertise ytheir capabilities. They make their money out of polling for corporate planning / marketing. I think LLMs are the work of Satan(TM)/s, but I am not too worried by this particular idea.
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Karsten Schmidt · 20w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqgsn48jghnv7wcp2tgpfmpnl2al2wl5022uftnejvry2ruqksyansdwkfcf Ok, I grant that direct political polls using this method are probably some ways out, but indirectly using simulated polls to easier support a company's position/strategy to then use as ...