How AI could take over elections — and undermine democracy

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 <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?528117-1%2Fopenai-ceo-testifies-artificial-intelligence=" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">May 16, 2023, U.S. Senate hearing</a> 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. Altman did not elaborate, but he might have had something like this scenario in mind. Imagine that soon, political technologists develop a machine called Clogger — a political campaign in a black box. Clogger relentlessly pursues just one objective: to maximize the chances that its candidate — the campaign that buys the services of Clogger Inc. — prevails in an election. <a href="https://medium.com/the-conversation/how-ai-could-take-over-elections-and-undermine-democracy-83a923b54b4a">Click Here</a>