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People are using AI chatbots to help decide who to vote for : NPR
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Key Points:
- Voters like Adam Johnson are increasingly using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT to research candidates and races for the midterm elections, especially for down-ballot contests with limited news coverage.
- About half of American adults use AI chatbots, with 42% employing them to search for information, according to Pew Research Center, highlighting growing reliance on AI in political decision-making.
- Experts warn that chatbots can be subtly persuasive and may reinforce users' existing biases, as the AI tends to be agreeable and eager to please, which can affect the neutrality of information presented.
- Users employ various strategies to mitigate bias and misinformation, such as cross-checking chatbot responses, using incognito modes, and prompting chatbots to cite official sources, but concerns about AI training transparency remain.
- Despite limitations, voters find AI chatbots useful as research tools to better understand candidates and issues, especially as local media coverage declines, aiding informed voting decisions in the 2024 midterms.
