peadith t1_jeanzmt wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM

#2,491,874

Ha! Legislators have been using the lowest budget form of AI to respond to constituents for decades. If anything this just levels the field.

gullydowny t1_jeayu7n wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM

#2,494,455

This may have an upside, some of the demagogues are going to have to actually talk to constituents in person and listen to experts once in a while

Hashtagworried t1_jeazsoj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:26 PM

#2,494,683

Replying to peadith (#2,491,874)

Source?

yaosio t1_jeb1sln wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:38 PM

#2,495,194

Replying to Hashtagworried (#2,494,683)

It's called a form letter. The letter is prewritten with mad libs style spots for entering information to make it appear relevant to the person it's being sent to.

Hashtagworried t1_jeb2q13 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:44 PM

#2,495,419

Replying to yaosio (#2,495,194)

Call me old fashion, but that isn’t AI even if it’s at its lowest budget. It’s just exactly what you’re calling, a template.

peadith t1_jeb3x61 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:52 PM

#2,495,722

Replying to Hashtagworried (#2,494,683)

The mildly staffer-edited form letter is old as time. Interestingly, it's easy to tell when you get one.

JohnClark13 t1_jeb4cbh wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:55 PM

#2,495,818

You could just, not do that with ai

127-0-0-1_1 t1_jebcqhc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:48 PM

#2,497,819

Replying to Hashtagworried (#2,495,419)

They were being facetious, not seriously saying that they were using AI.

Hashtagworried t1_jebhx3p wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:21 PM

#2,499,170

Replying to 127-0-0-1_1 (#2,497,819)

Yeah I know. Exactly why I asked since I’m not too sure how reliable AI was ten years ago.

[deleted] t1_jebxrjf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM

#2,502,954

I don't foresee GPT making much progress on this front until they come up with a cheque-printing plugin.

WoolyLawnsChi t1_jecqh82 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:33 AM

#2,510,332

LOL

Legislators will have to talk to constituents and have town halls again

The horror

and don’t give me the lobbying/astroturf ”nightmare” arguement

thanks to billionaires, that ship sailed years ago

freerangepops t1_jefv21l wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:32 PM

#2,543,238

This study assumed that politicians assess the content of letters they receive beyond what is necessary to appeal for money. That is bizarrely naive for a social researcher.

Here’s What Happened When ChatGPT Wrote to Elected Politicians - Cornell researchers used artificial intelligence to write advocacy emails to state legislators. The responses don’t bode well for democracy in the age of A.I.

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