How are you deciding who to vote for in the coming midterm elections? Many Americans are turning to ChatGPT.
In a new piece, NPR spoke to several voters who use the OpenAI chatbot to research candidates and get a rundown on their voting records. Some are asking the AI to create spreadsheets on different races or to verify or debunk viral claims. One even used AI to create an entire website for retrieving voting info.
Experts are aghast, noting that AI models tend to be sycophantic and aren’t as impartial as they seem.
“It might select some things that would reinforce and persuade you even more towards the way that you were leaning already,” Rafael Batista, a researcher at John Hopkins University, told NPR. “So you leave more confident, without necessarily learning more about the world.”
