Impact of AI-Generated Content on Political Persuasion
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What is one potential positive influence of generative AI on politics?

  • Undermining democratic accountability
  • Bolstering civic engagement by helping navigate bureaucracy and draft letters (correct)
  • Producing disinformation and misinformation at scale
  • Interfering with democratic representation
  • What is the potential negative impact of generative AI on politics?

  • Interfering with democratic representation
  • Undermining democratic accountability
  • Bolstering civic engagement by helping navigate bureaucracy and draft letters
  • Producing disinformation and misinformation at scale (correct)
  • What is ChatGPT's achievement within a month of its introduction?

  • Became the fastest-growing application in history for finance
  • Reached five-million monthly users in a year
  • Reached one-million monthly users in three-and-a-half years
  • Hit 100-million monthly users (correct)
  • Which measure is suggested as a potential guardrail against misuses of generative AI?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the meteoric rise of ChatGPT compare to Netflix's growth?

    <p>ChatGPT achieved 100-million monthly users faster than Netflix reached one-million users</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the major questions doctrine as articulated in West Virginia v. EPA (2022)?

    <p>Agencies must have clear statutory authorization from Congress to effect major changes in policy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Chevon doctrine?

    <p>It gives agencies broad latitude to interpret ambiguous congressional statutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the U.S. government's e-rulemaking program aim to enhance public participation?

    <p>By lowering the barrier to citizen input</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is 'astroturfing' in the context of e-rulemaking platforms?

    <p>A coordinated effort to mislead with unique comments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can generative AI technology impact electoral integrity?

    <p>By revolutionizing disinformation campaigns and microtargeting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a suggested measure to detect AI-generated content?

    <p>Using neural networks to identify patterns of AI-generated text</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is political persuasion difficult in a polarized political landscape?

    <p>Because individual views are often entrenched</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest could further undermine trust in government?

    <p>The proliferation of AI-generated content eroding trust in media</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one responsibility mentioned for generative AI platforms?

    <p>To democratize the values encoded in their algorithms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a suggested role for digital-literacy campaigns?

    <p>Guarding against the adverse effects of generative AI by creating a more informed consumer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the central pillars of democratic governance that is threatened by generative AI?

    <p>Representation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the field experiment conducted in 2020 reveal about legislators' ability to discern AI-generated communications?

    <p>They had a lower response rate to AI-generated emails</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage suggest could potentially skew legislators' perceptions of their constituents' preferences?

    <p>Generative AI-generated communications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the fears associated with generative AI mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Influence on democratic representation through mass, phony inputs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most problematic aspect of generative AI according to the passage?

    <p>It produces enormous volumes of meaningless drivel and misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should individuals adopt when consuming media content?

    <p>A 'trust but verify' approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the article suggest people can recognize inauthentic content?

    <p>By cross-checking with multiple media outlets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some potential benefits of generative AI according to the article?

    <p>Economic, medical, and political benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the article suggest individuals should do to combat the proliferation of AI-generated content?

    <p>Verify the authenticity of digital content across different media outlets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What might drive a person to ignore the veracity of a story according to the article?

    <p>Confirmation bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential impact of AI-generated misinformation on democratic accountability?

    <p>It could greatly heighten desensitization and undermine democratic accountability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the role of technology in online misinformation?

    <p>To amplify online misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Andrew M. Guess, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler study in their research?

    <p>The exposure to untrustworthy websites in the 2016 US election</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what could AI-generated propaganda potentially achieve?

    <p>Persuade individuals and influence public opinion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the focus of Lewis Anthony Dexter's research?

    <p>What Congressmen hear: The mail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the potential positive impacts of generative AI on politics?

    <p>Enhancing democratic representation and civic engagement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the fears associated with generative AI mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Producing disinformation and misinformation at scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What measure is suggested to detect AI-generated content?

    <p>Neural networks used to identify generated content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did ChatGPT achieve within a month of its introduction, as mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Hit 100-million monthly users</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a suggested guardrail for misuses of generative AI mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Self-regulation by generative-AI platforms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the central pillars of democratic governance that is threatened by generative AI?

    <p>Transparency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the article suggest people can recognize inauthentic content?

    <p>By cross-checking information across different media outlets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should individuals adopt when consuming media content?

    <p>A 'trust but verify' approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one potential positive influence of generative AI on politics?

    <p>Assisting in identifying inauthentic content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one responsibility mentioned for generative AI platforms?

    <p>Safeguarding against misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the study by Andrew M. Guess, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler focus on?

    <p>The limited effects of 2016 election misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the fears associated with generative AI mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Undermining democratic accountability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what could AI-generated misinformation greatly heighten, potentially undermining democratic accountability?

    <p>Desensitization - the relationship between incumbent performance and voter beliefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of technology identified in Sarah Kreps' research at the Brookings Institution?

    <p>Contributing to online misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lewis Anthony Dexter's research focus on?

    <p>The mail and its impact on public opinion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the concerns raised by the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA (2022)?

    <p>The lack of clear statutory authorization from Congress for major changes in policy by agencies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the introduction of the U.S. government's e-rulemaking (e-rulemaking) program aim to achieve?

    <p>Enhance public participation to foster better regulatory decisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one potential negative impact of generative AI on electoral integrity?

    <p>Flooding sites with fake reviews and misinformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did malicious actors exploit technology to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election?

    <p>By coordinating efforts to mislead through targeted advertisements and falsified news articles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the threats to democratic trust posed by advances in generative AI?

    <p>Producing misinformation, including content microtargeted to appeal to specific demographics and individuals, at scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential risk associated with the proliferation of AI-generated content, according to the passage?

    <p>Decrease in social trust and democratic values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one suggested measure to detect AI-generated content, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Training and deploying machine-learning models to detect AI-generated content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of social-media platforms and generative AI platforms in the context of ethical decision-making, as discussed in the passage?

    <p>They are responsible for creating technology with ethically and politically informed values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suggested as a role for digital-literacy campaigns, based on the information in the passage?

    <p>To create a more informed consumer against the adverse effects of generative AI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the passage describe the potential impact of generative AI on trust in government?

    <p>It could seriously threaten confidence in the government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most significant threat posed by generative AI to democratic governance?

    <p>Diminishing legislators' ability to discern constituent sentiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did a 2020 field experiment reveal the impact of AI-generated communications on legislators?

    <p>Only a small decrease in response rates to AI-generated emails</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What potential risk does generative AI pose to the regulatory state?

    <p>Rendering citizens' influence obsolete</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What challenge does the passage highlight in discerning between human-written and machine-generated communications for legislators?

    <p>Malicious actors' capability to generate false messages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential downside of generative AI for public trust in a political system?

    <p>Increased reliance on partisanship</p> Signup and view all the answers

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