Dr. Philip J. Howe he/him
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Dr. Philip J. Howe he/him
@DrPhilipJHowe
Professor & Chair of Political Science & Fulbright Adviser, Adrian College; frmr IWM Vienna & Hungarian Academy of Sciences. RT≠agree


AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail. Dark times for survey work.








Indiana Jones is a fantasy about being a professor not having to submit itemized travel expenses after every adventure.







Another great essay by Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder ft.com/content/97312c…









New article with @undanielencinas: “Cleavages without Parties: Populism and its Voters in Peru.” Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”


