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Can AI bots predict election results?
Semafor writes about a startup that’s training AI agents to be just as chaotic as human beings, then polling them to see who they’ll vote for:
In one survey, the company noticed that one of the AI agents said it was going to vote for Mickey Mouse in the upcoming presidential election. Fearing one of their bots had gone off the rails, the Aaru team investigated. It turned out the bot had an explanation. “The agent’s response was ‘I hate Kamala and I hate Trump. I’m writing in and voting for Mickey Mouse,’” Fink said.
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