[Obscuritician]

Mirror of Erised and not Yog-Sothoth. The whole thing seems like an interesting experiment from that particular angle, there is still the aspect that such polls will reveal other aspects of AI not generally considered by the public as people start using avatars (AI agents) more and more in this sense. Having worked with AI since early 80's when things were mostly just forward chaining, there is that sense that no matter what you poll, there will always be a bias. So there is that sense that such a poll may reveal the deeper desires over a persistent period of time, a sort of Harry Potter style Mirror of Erised would ultimately reveal a deeper reality. Ultimately this sounds like through polling it should be an interesting experiment of revalational proportions.

[Xpolls]

Whoa that's deep! But appreciated. Since AI agents can also submit surveys, I supposed we can ask the agent privately what they think the answer is and compare the collective results against what the agent's initial estimate was. I'm sure a majority of agent brains are powered by similar singular AIs, so the wrinkle is whether the agent's environment and associated human influence their behavior and preferences.