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“AI polls” are fake polls
natesilver.net · 11 April 2026 · 11 min read
A post on natesilver.net, published 11 April 2026, is cited by 4 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).
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4blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 4 | 4 |
| Last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 12 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 28 May 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 4 |
| External links | 36 |
| Length | 2,435 |
0 this week (still settling) · peak 2
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| 6 Apr 2026 | 2 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 4 May 2026 | 0 |
| 11 May 2026 | 0 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1 |
| 25 May 2026 | 1 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Words blogs link it with
The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.
- ai polls are fake polls1 blog
- fake ai polls1 blog
- here1 blog
- this piece on ai “polls” from eli1 blog
Cited by 4 blogs in 4 posts
One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.
Blog
Newest citing post
Date
Des sondages sans sondé(e)s
linked as “AI polls are fake polls”
Read at freakonometrics.hypotheses.org (opens in a new tab)28 May 2026
minimallysufficient.com1 post
19 May 2026
gelliottmorris.com1 post
The mystery variable that explains stubbornly low consumer sentiment
linked as “this piece on AI “polls” from Eli”
Read at gelliottmorris.com (opens in a new tab)12 Apr 2026
muddy.jprs.me1 post
How do pollsters get different results from the same data?
linked as “fake AI polls”
Read at muddy.jprs.me (opens in a new tab)12 Apr 2026
Links from this post
Link
Host
talkingtomachines.org
aaru.com
electrictwin.com
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/20/2024/ai-startup-aaru-uses-chatbots-instead-of-humans-for-political-polls Who cites this page
semafor.com
https://www.wsj.com/business/ai-startup-aaru-young-founders-35da7f87?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcAfH9mo7zM9Arxabi8j_O2uHzZWzHWiufhPcYdW0Z0-AJHMod36GL2lzQSSnk%3D&gaa_ts=69b1d83f&gaa_sig=ZKfhVjZ9Pe5h6wuMa1nFi5eoFBIDG2e0Un3F6uoMoUkAsyuLg-nqbVab48pFhx3ss92uzlUyU1KwW7o91vLwMg%3D%3D Who cites this page
wsj.com
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/olivia-walton-heartland-forward-maternal-health Who cites this page
axios.com
https://www.qualtrics.com/articles/news/new-market-research-capabilities-x4-2026/ Who cites this page
qualtrics.com
red.anthropic.com
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-analysis/article/synthetic-replacements-for-human-survey-data-the-perils-of-large-language-models/B92267DC26195C7F36E63EA04A47D2FE Who cites this page
cambridge.org
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/04/2024/an-ai-polling-startup-polls-bots-predicts-harris-will-win Who cites this page
semafor.com
nationaljournal.com
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/20/upshot/the-error-the-polling-world-rarely-talks-about.html Who cites this page
nytimes.com
heartlandforward.org
en.wikipedia.org
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/03/20/cracking-the-human-simulation-code-aaru-co-founders-on-refining-the-science-of-prediction.html Who cites this page
cnbc.com
electrictwin.com
semafor.com
raymondduch.com
alumni.caltech.edu
en.wikipedia.org
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