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Peacetrain

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Sat Aug 23, 2025, 01:53 PM Saturday

Political Pollsters Are Trying to Save Money by Polling AI Instead of Real People, and It's Going About as Well as You'd [View all]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/political-pollsters-are-trying-to-save-money-by-polling-ai-instead-of-real-people-and-it-s-going-about-as-well-as-you-d-expect/ar-AA1L4WUo

"As if the institution of political polling weren't already fraught enough, pollsters are now surveying AI instead of real people to cut costs and save time.

As new research demonstrates, AI is clearly not up to the job — but that probably won't stop any firms who've bought in to continue doing so."

Is anyone surprised by this???
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