arxivcs.HCcs.CY2026-07-02
Synthetic Contact with AI Reduces Cross-Partisan Animosity
Benjamin Lira, Noah Castelo, Stefano Puntoni, Olivier Toubia
Americans' warmth toward members of the opposing political party has fallen sharply over the past three decades -- yet meaningful cross-partisan contact remains scarce, in part because people actively avoid it. Across five preregistered studies (total N = 3,960 U.S. partisans), w…