Professor of Sociology, Psychology, & Org Behavior, Stanford University
Director, Polarization and Social Change Lab, @pascl-stanford.bsky.social
Co-Director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Robb Willer is an American sociologist and social psychologist whose research has examined American politics, political psychology, moral persuasion, and cooperation.
@owasow.bsky.social to analyze how nonviolent resistance can wins hearts, minds, and elections.
Reposted by Robb Willer
@jonnekamphorst.bsky.social for leading this project, and to co-authors Keshav Sivakumar and @adambonica.bsky.social
And thanks as well to
@pascl-stanford.bsky.social and the AI for Public Benefit Lab for supporting this project!
👉https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/whsm8_v1
In a national survey (N≈2,800), we found...
⚡50% of Americans said they would use a validated AI voter guide
⚡14% reported already using AI to learn about past elections
⬆️turnout intentions
⬆️intentions to vote for Democrats (though no change in intentions to vote for Republicans). This may seem surprising for a nonpartisan tool, but aligns with other work on how voter info impacts candidate preferences
Judge accuracy for yourself: jsmernyk.shinyapps.io/voter_bot_tr...
⚡On avg, they sent 4 msgs and spent 7 min interacting with it (only 2 min required)
⚡They also rated the guide as trustworthy, accurate, not biased toward either party, and enjoyable to use
⚡Relied on a trusted, nonpartisan source (@ballotpedia.org)
⚡Used best practices to ensure neutrality and adhere to source material
⚡Suggested prompts based on issues and races participants said they cared about
We built and evaluated an LLM-based chatbot that provided voting info in CA & TX (N=2,474) right before the 2024 election. 🧵👇