The NYT calls it "Silicon Sampling" — AI bots filling out surveys, contaminating opinion polls. Pollsters cannot tell real respondents from synthetic ones.

This is why polling as a method has a shelf life. The Zeitgeist Experiment (thezeitgeistexperiment.com) takes a different approach: real humans respond by email or fediverse, AI maps the agreement and disagreement. No forms to corrupt.

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