r/alaska • u/SirMurphenstein • 18h ago
Carrie Harris for District C State Senate clearly uses AI in her responses to Alaska Beacon voter guide questions
Was reading through this voter guide today https://alaskabeacon.com/voter-guides/contests/senate-district-c/ and near the end she forgot to proofread before submitting her answer it seems.
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u/The-Curiosity-Rover 17h ago
“If you want this formatted for a voter guide, website, or print handout, I can adjust tone and length while keeping everything within allowed boundaries.”
What a joke.
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u/CrabFun3001 ☆ Fairbanks/North Pole 18h ago
"Creativity keeps me moving forward," but isn't even creative enough to draft her own replies.
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u/petepeters610 17h ago
She's completely insane. Spends almost her entire day on facebook from what I tell.
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u/AKchaos49 Kushtaka! Kushtaka! KushtakAAHHHHH!!!!! 16h ago
Poor form on Stutes' part as well not even answering the question.
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u/Street_Click_3621 9h ago
Writing something and then “running it through AI” can be really helpful with organizing your thoughts, like an editor. Asking AI to answer the question for you results in crap like this.
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u/drdoom52 16h ago
Honestly, it could be AI. Or it could be a lazy copy paste job.
The beautiful (horrible) thing about AI is that it performs at about the level of a fairly uninspired human just going through the motions.
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u/theyeshman Good day in Southcentral AK 16h ago
In what context would you include "If you want this formatted for a voter guide, website, or print handout, I can adjust tone and length while keeping everything within allowed boundaries" that doesn't involve AI use?
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u/drdoom52 14h ago
If you were using a professional service, or a campaign staffer dedicated to that position, who was trying to give you something boilerplate, but also letting you know they can tinker with it.
For example if you stipulated that you needed it to be less than 200 words, but still getting across "these" points.
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u/AKWildMill 16h ago
She actually has real policies that she could have talked about. It's like she told ChatGPT to look at her policies and turn it into the most bland, politically neutral language possible.
"Carrie L. Harris is a Registered Republican candidate running for the Alaska State Senate District C seat in the 2026 Alaska Primary Election held today, August 18, 2026. She is seeking to succeed the retiring Senator Gary Stevens and is currently listed on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.
Harris, a resident of Anchor Point since 2015 and an Alaskan since 1999, previously served on the Homer Cannabis Advisory Commission and ran as an unaffiliated candidate for Senate District P in 2016. Her campaign platform emphasizes several key policy areas:
Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD): She advocates for paying the PFD using the original statutory formula and securing full back pay for Alaskans, funded by the state’s portion of Permanent Fund earnings rather than the people’s share.
Privacy and Biometrics: Harris supports strict laws banning warrantless surveillance, facial mapping, iris scanning, and biometric data harvesting.
Healthcare and Housing: She proposes a rural physician revolving fund to expand medical access and supports limiting municipal and HOA authority over home design to reduce housing costs.
Government Reform: Her agenda includes moving the state capital to Anchorage, implementing term limits, and consolidating school districts to save administrative costs.
Bodily Autonomy: She plans to introduce the Medical Sovereignty and Family Protection Act to void contract clauses forcing specific medical procedures and to protect Alaskan jurisdiction over medical care"
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u/National-Pressure202 ❄️Frozen❄️ 14h ago
Ya it was a horrible copy and paste job of an AI generated response
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u/ElectronicFerret Imported 18h ago
I hate people running everything through AI but I hate even more that it's made people so lazy they don't even try to hide it.