There are real fears that AI will make politics more deceptive than it already is. Westend61/Getty Images David E. Clementson, University of Georgia Political campaign ads and donor solicitations have long been deceptive. In 2004, for example, U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, a Democrat, aired an ad stating that Republican […] Read more »
How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people. Eric Smalley, TCUS; Biodiversity Heritage Library/Flickr; Taymaz Valley/Flickr, CC BY-ND Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in specific ways? Sen. […] Read more »
How AI will transform the 2024 elections
Recent news that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has used an AI-generated video to criticize Joe Biden shows how likely AI is to transform our upcoming elections. Advances in digital technology provide new and faster tools for political messaging and could have a profound impact on how voters, politicians, and […] Read more »
A Strategy for Factory Towns
… This report is part of a continuing effort by American Family Voices to do on-the-ground research and data analysis to understand the thinking and motivation of working-class voters, and to recommend strategies that can begin to rebuild the Democratic Party’s and progressive movement’s historic connection to America’s working class. […] Read more »
How the $500 Billion Attention Industry Really Works
Your attention is constantly being bought, packaged and sold. Tim Hwang explains how. The Ezra Klein Show podcast The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
Class-Clown Brands Are Trying to LoLz Us to Death
“I’m funny how? … Funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” — Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), “Goodfellas” For generations advertising has honed a stand-up style of humor that blends commerce and comedy to entertain, inform and sell. … But as social media devour consumer attention and ad spend, so […] Read more »