
ALT Pew Research Center bar chart titled "AI polls greatly overstate Hispanic adults' interest in the World Cup." It compares real survey answers with AI "synthetic respondents" on how likely people are to follow the World Cup. Hispanic U.S. adults: 48% not likely, 43% likely, 8% not sure. Synthetic Hispanic respondents: 2% not likely, 97% likely, 0% not sure. Non-Hispanic U.S. adults: 71% not likely, 25% likely, 4% not sure. Synthetic non-Hispanic respondents: 78% not likely, 22% likely, 0% not sure. The AI came close for non-Hispanic adults but hugely exaggerated Hispanic adults' interest, and never answered "not sure." Source: survey of U.S. adults conducted March 23–29, 2026, plus a "digital twins" synthetic analysis using Claude Opus 4.6 set to low reasoning. From the report "Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really."





















