{"id":5468,"date":"2025-05-21T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:36:14","slug":"more-ais-are-taking-polls-and-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"More AIs Are Taking  Polls and Surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Security Update News<\/h2>\n<h3>Update Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Title<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">More AIs Are Taking  Polls and Surveys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Update ID<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">SCHNEIER:353E1EBA35285F7B60EA4DE00531650A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Type<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">schneier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Published<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-05-21T11:03:59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Last Updated<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-05-21T04:09:19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Security Impact<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">CVSS Score<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">0.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Severity<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; color: #666666; font-weight: bold;\">NONE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; \">Attack Vector<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Affected CVEs<\/h3>\n<div style=\" padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Update Details<\/h3>\n<div style=\"; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\nI already knew about the declining response rate for polls and surveys. The percentage of AI bots that respond to surveys is also increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Solutions are hard:<\/p>\n<p>> 1\\. _Make surveys less boring._  <br \/>>  We need to move past bland, grid-filled surveys and start designing experiences people actually want to complete. That means mobile-first layouts, shorter runtimes, and maybe even a dash of storytelling. TikTok or dating app style surveys wouldn&#8217;t be a bad idea or is that just me being too much Gen Z?<br \/>> <br \/>> 2\\. _Bot detection._  <br \/>>  There&#8217;s a growing toolkit of ways to spot AI-generated responses&#8211;using things like response entropy, writing style patterns or even metadata like keystroke timing. Platforms should start integrating these detection tools more widely. Ideally, you introduce an element that only humans can do, e.g., you have to pick up your price somewhere in-person. Btw, note that these bots can easily be designed to find ways around the most common detection tactics such as Captcha&#8217;s, timed responses and postcode and IP recognition. Believe me, way less code than you suspect is needed to do this.<br \/>> <br \/>> 3\\. _Pay people more._  <br \/>>  If you&#8217;re only offering 50 cents for 10 minutes of mental effort, don&#8217;t be surprised when your respondent pool consists of AI agents and sleep-deprived gig workers. Smarter, dynamic incentives&#8211;especially for underrepresented groups&#8211;can make a big difference. Perhaps pay-differentiation (based on simple demand\/supply) makes sense?<br \/>> <br \/>> 4\\. _Rethink the whole model._  <br \/>>  Surveys aren&#8217;t the only way to understand people. We can also learn from digital traces, behavioral data, or administrative records. Think of it as moving from a single snapshot to a fuller, blended picture. Yes, it&#8217;s messier&#8211;but it&#8217;s also more real.\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2025\/05\/more-ais-are-taking-polls-and-surveys.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline-block; color: white; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px;\">View Advisory Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Update News Update Information Title More AIs Are Taking Polls and Surveys Update ID SCHNEIER:353E1EBA35285F7B60EA4DE00531650A Type schneier Published 2025-05-21T11:03:59 Last Updated 2025-05-21T04:09:19 Security Impact&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,8,34,12,13,33,114,7,11,5],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category_news","tag-cve","tag-cvss","tag-cvss-00","tag-exploit","tag-news","tag-none","tag-schneier","tag-security","tag-tapic","tag-vulnerability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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