A quiet week on the results front: one poll crossed the finish line with a clear verdict, while 113 new questions went up and the conversation ranged from Iran to AI news anchors.
AI as travel agent: a hard pass
Asked whether they'd hand an AI their entire vacation itinerary, 82% of Groundbeat voters said no. Only 8% said yes, with another 10% willing to let it plan so long as they kept final approval. See the live results →
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💬 From the discussions
Whether the U.S. should lift some Iran sanctions, which turned into a disagreement over foreign intervention.
“We should work to undermine it and to support the Iranian people and their desire for a more stable and inclusive government form.” — JE_Thomas
“I'm with you otherwise, but you lost me here: American subterfuge against sovereign governments is how this all got started in the first place, and nobody knows that better than the Iranians.” — Scaramouche
Whether AI needs binding government rules, and what exactly the danger is.
“The stakes are too high not to have strong (and well-informed, thoughtfully balanced) government guardrails.” — dagman
🗣 The Minority Report
“They tried that; it was called "Jim Crow".”
— Scaramouche, making the case for the trailing side. A four-word reply to the idea of testing voters that does more work than most paragraphs. Join that thread →
🗳 Still open
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