How do people choose what LLMs they will use?
Accuracy, it turns out, is less important than you might think.
Our results suggest that the choice of LLM might itself become a new line of polarization.
Petter Törnberg
Another great piece from Jennifer Oullette at Ars Technica!
Petter Törnberg
📄 New paper: people choose AI models partly on political grounds
This is joint work with @pettertornberg.com @chrisbail.bsky.social @michelleschimmel.bsky.social and led by @michaelheseltine.bsky.social
Christopher Barrie
RIP social media. What comes next is messy. As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair? @pettertornberg.com of the University of Amsterdam has some ideas. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?