Looking Under the Hood: How LLMs Attempt Political Persuasion and Microtargeting
Alex Lyman, Ethan C. Busby, Lisa P. Argyle, Joshua R. Gubler, David Wingate
Chinese Political Science Review
Joshua R. Gubler
Associate Professor of Political Science
Coordinator, Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic Program
Co-founder/director, Social Science and AI Lab (SAIL)
Brigham Young University
As a political psychologist, I conduct research exploring the micromotives of interpersonal and intergroup aggression, with a focus on identifying tools for prejudice reduction and political depolarization. I also co-direct a team pioneering various uses of AI in Social Science. The SAIL lab is currently working on a series of projects that use AI to strengthen democracy in the United States and worldwide, in addition to exploring how AI can be used as a tool to further social science.
Recent Publications
View all →Government Performance and Support for Democracy in Spain
Darren Hawkins, Joshua R. Gubler, Celeste Beesley, Tayla Ingles, Julia Chatterly
Research and Politics, 12(4)
Arti-'fickle' Intelligence: Using LLMs as a Tool for Inference in the Political and Social Sciences
Lisa P. Argyle, Ethan C. Busby, Joshua R. Gubler, Bryce Hepner, Alex Lyman, David Wingate
Nature Computational Science, 5(9): 737–744