Reference
Bisbee et al. 2024
Synthetic replacements for human survey data? The perils of large language models
Synthetic replacements for human survey data? The perils of large language models. Bisbee, J., Clinton, J. D., Dorff, C., Kenkel, B., and Larson, J. M. (2024). Political Analysis 32(4), 401–416.
Relationship to this project — Close empirical ally
Plausible survey averages with compressed variance, distorted coefficients, and temporal drift. This project extends the concern to incentive-bearing strategic interaction and prompt-indexed response surfaces.