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Matt's avatar

"Politics" is at the top and "International politics" is close behind but "American politics" is near the bottom. Why the discrepancy?

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Mark Neyer's avatar

Politicians are effectively large language models: they are rewarded for sounded correct, not for producing real outcomes. So maybe that’s why political outcomes are easier for it to predict?

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Luke Zhao's avatar

Post hoc observation: of course ChatGPT does better with political predictions. It is a wordcel after all

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