How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

Image caption: An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people. Image credit: Eric Smalley, TCUS; Biodiversity Heritage Library / Flickr; Taymaz Valley / Flickr, CC BY-ND. Article by Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig. The Conversation – June 2, 2023.

Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in specific ways? Sen. Josh Hawley asked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this question in a May 16, 2023, U.S. Senate hearing on artificial intelligence. Altman replied that he was indeed concerned that some people might use language models to manipulate, persuade and engage in one-on-one interactions with voters. […]

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