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This paper introduces distribution-based prediction, a novel approach to using Large Language Models (LLMs) as predictive tools by interpreting output token probabilities as distributions representing the models' learned representation of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Caleb Bradshaw , Caelen Miller , Sean Warnick

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into the online platforms where humans exchange opinions; large language models (LLMs) now polish users' posts on LinkedIn and provide context for content shared on X. While…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Stratis Tsirtsis , Kai Rawal , Chris Russell , Brent Mittelstadt , Sandra Wachter

Large language models (LLMs) present novel opportunities in public opinion research by predicting survey responses in advance during the early stages of survey design. Prior methods steer LLMs via descriptions of subpopulations as LLMs'…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Joseph Suh , Erfan Jahanparast , Suhong Moon , Minwoo Kang , Serina Chang

The massive population election simulation aims to model the preferences of specific groups in particular election scenarios. It has garnered significant attention for its potential to forecast real-world social trends. Traditional…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Xinnong Zhang , Jiayu Lin , Libo Sun , Weihong Qi , Yihang Yang , Yue Chen , Hanjia Lyu , Xinyi Mou , Siming Chen , Jiebo Luo , Xuanjing Huang , Shiping Tang , Zhongyu Wei

Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) unravel new capabilities for AI personal assistants to overcome cognitive bandwidth limitations of humans, providing decision support or even…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Srijoni Majumdar , Edith Elkind , Evangelos Pournaras

Traditional methods for eliciting people's opinions face a trade-off between depth and scale: structured surveys enable large-scale data collection but limit respondents' ability to voice their opinions in their own words, while…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Alexander Wuttke , Matthias Aßenmacher , Christopher Klamm , Max M. Lang , Quirin Würschinger , Frauke Kreuter

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed natural language processing, yet face challenges in specialized tasks such as simulating opinions on environmental policies. This paper introduces a novel fine-tuning approach that integrates…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Haocheng Lin

Actively inferring user preferences, for example by asking good questions, is important for any human-facing decision-making system. Active inference allows such systems to adapt and personalize themselves to nuanced individual preferences.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Wasu Top Piriyakulkij , Volodymyr Kuleshov , Kevin Ellis

Large language models (LLMs) may not equitably represent diverse global perspectives on societal issues. In this paper, we develop a quantitative framework to evaluate whose opinions model-generated responses are more similar to. We first…

This work presents a large-scale analysis of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) references within news articles and scientific publications between 2011 and 2019. We implement word association measurements that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Autumn Toney

As Machine Learning (ML) is still a recent field of study, especially outside the realm of abstract Mathematics and Computer Science, few works have been conducted on the political aspect of large Language Models (LLMs), and more…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Paul Kronlund-Drouault

Political beliefs vary significantly across different countries, reflecting distinct historical, cultural, and institutional contexts. These ideologies, ranging from liberal democracies to rigid autocracies, influence human societies, as…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik , Szymon Łukasik

In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have been widely adopted in political science tasks such as election prediction, sentiment analysis, policy impact assessment, and misinformation detection. Meanwhile, the need to systematically…

In recent research, large language models (LLMs) have been increasingly used to investigate public opinions. This study investigates the algorithmic fidelity of LLMs, i.e., the ability to replicate the socio-cultural context and nuanced…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Bolei Ma , Berk Yoztyurk , Anna-Carolina Haensch , Xinpeng Wang , Markus Herklotz , Frauke Kreuter , Barbara Plank , Matthias Assenmacher

With the onset of large language models (LLMs), the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) models is becoming increasingly multi-dimensional. Accordingly, there have been several large, multi-dimensional evaluation frameworks put…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Sean Steinle

Understanding the dynamics of public opinion evolution on online social platforms is crucial for understanding influence mechanisms and the provenance of information. Traditional influence analysis is typically divided into qualitative…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Bailu Jin , Weisi Guo

Social media user profiling through content analysis is crucial for tasks like misinformation detection, engagement prediction, hate speech monitoring, and user behavior modeling. However, existing profiling techniques, including tweet…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Vahid Rahimzadeh , Ali Hamzehpour , Azadeh Shakery , Masoud Asadpour

The spread of media bias is a significant concern as political discourse shapes beliefs and opinions. Addressing this challenge computationally requires improved methods for interpreting news. While large language models (LLMs) can scale…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Qile Wang , Prerana Khatiwada , Avinash Chouhan , Ashrey Mahesh , Joy Mwaria , Duy Duc Tran , Kenneth E. Barner , Matthew Louis Mauriello

Public opinion polling is usually done by random sampling from the entire population, treating individual opinions as independent. In the real world, individuals' opinions are often correlated, e.g., among friends in a social network. In…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-11-28 Weiran Huang , Liang Li , Wei Chen

Amidst the rapid normalization of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), intelligent systems have come to dominate political discourse across information media. However, internalized political biases stemming from training data skews,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Nathan Junzi Chen