人工智能威胁颠覆在线社会科学研究

Researchers stuck in arms race as increasingly sophisticated models evade detection tools CATHLEEN O’GRADY T he rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) may sound the death knell for a tool social scientists have increasingly come to rely on: online studies. Researchers who use surveys, games, and other online methods to rapidly gather data from large num- bers of people have spent years refin- ing methods to weed out unwanted responses. Some are from inattentive participants; others come from bots or fraudulent users simply aiming to col- lect a quick fee. But in recent months, studies have shown sophisticated AI agents can evade detection strategies by purposefully making errors, feign- ing ignorance, and using humanlike mouse movements. …