With the first post-presidential debate poll showing VP Kamala Harris leading over former President Donald Trump, we asked AI chatbot ChatGPT who might win if there was a rematch.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after their first head-to-head debate, Harris is leading Trump 47 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, which gives her a five-point lead. Would ChatGPT predict a similar outcome if there were a second debate? Newsweek asked the generative AI tool for its ‘thoughts.’
First, we fed ChatGPT with a detailed prompt and provided it with a full transcript of the first debate for analysis: “You are an expert political commentator. You watched the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, making notes on their strongest and weakest talking points, the language they used, and how they verbally engaged with each other. Attached is a transcript of this debate.
“According to a flash poll conducted by CNNfollowing Tuesday’s debate, Harris won the …