Survey: 63% of Americans are uncomfortable letting AI help them choose who to vote for, and 80% are worried AI bots are answering political surveys. Is the discomfort about AI, or about trust?

Reddit r/artificial 07/04/26, 11:20 PM News

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A national survey finds 63% of Americans uncomfortable with AI helping choose candidates and 80% worried about AI bots answering political surveys, highlighting public trust issues at the intersection of AI and democracy.

Saw a national survey from March on how people feel about AI in politics, and two numbers stuck with me. 63% said they'd be uncomfortable using an AI chatbot to help decide who to vote for, even though plenty of people are fine using chatbots to fact-check or follow issues. 80% said they're worried that AI bots, not real people, are answering the surveys that feed into policy and business decisions. It reads less like fear of the tech and more like people drawing a hard line at AI touching the actual decision. Where do folks here think that line should be? Source: https://data.verasight.io/ai/adults-views-on-ai-in-elections

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