G. Elliott Morris

AI position

No x-risk mention

All findable AI-related writing from Morris concerns AI's use in survey research/polling (synthetic respondents, LLM-coded open-ends); no public statements found engaging with AI existential risk.

Why influential

Shapes campaign strategy and political narratives through polling interpretation, ratings, forecasting and electoral analysis. Primary policy lanes: polling; forecasting; elections; public opinion.

Who pays attention

Campaign managers, pollsters, political reporters, donors, forecasters and politically engaged data readers

Work samples

• AI Can't Replace Polling

  Sep 2, 2025 · newsletter

  Argues LLM-based 'AI polls' (e.g. from startup Aaru) betray the public and produce inaccurate substitutes for real survey respondents.

• Your Polls on ChatGPT (Verasight white paper / synthetic sampling report)

  Sep 8, 2025 · article

  Co-authored white paper testing LLM-generated 'digital twin' respondents against real polling data; found systemic errors, though within ~2pts on some questions.

• What does artificial intelligence know about polling? (episode #208)

  Dec 11, 2022 · newsletter

  Early piece exploring what AI/LLMs understand about polling methodology.

• Why we trust real polls over prediction markets

  Aug 1, 2024 · newsletter

  Compares traditional polling methodology against prediction markets as forecasting tools.

• X post announcing 'Your Polls on ChatGPT' white paper

  Sep 8, 2025 · social

  Announces synthetic sampling research on X, summarizing findings on LLM-based polling.