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Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections (www.404media.co)
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Scientists are raising alarms about the potential influence of artificial intelligence on elections, according to a spate of new studies that warn AI can rig polls and manipulate public opinion.

In a study published in Nature on Thursday, scientists report that AI chatbots can meaningfully sway people toward a particular candidate—providing better results than video or television ads. Moreover, chatbots optimized for political persuasion “may increasingly deploy misleading or false information,” according to a separate study published on Thursday in Science.

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[-] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

You're a year too late.

[-] Hamartia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

At least

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

Will? Already have.

[-] notsure@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

...i think i should be more worried about the 'guardrails' that have been obliterated...

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You telling me those images of Trump swimming through flood waters to save people in a hurricane haven't already swayed voters? Lol

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Baaaa 🐑

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