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In America, neural networks are being introduced into the election campaign.
Recently, a project called Dean was launched in the United States.Bot - a chatbot that imitates presidential candidate Dean Phillips. The project is supported by the Political Action Committee (Super PAC), funded by major Silicon Valley players and billionaire activist Bill Ackman.
This approach to the use of AI in politics is both disturbing and exciting, as it opens up new horizons in communicating with voters, but also carries potential risks.
Phillips, the Democratic nominee, has criticized incumbent President Biden, accusing him of losing the confidence of the majority of voters. Phillips campaign has received significant support, including $4 million from a Super PAC to promote ideas through social media and videos. The campaign reflects widespread discontent among members of the Democratic Party, despite Biden's low popularity.
The founders of the group We Deserve Better, behind the creation of Dean.Bot, performed by Matt Krisilov and Jed Summers. They decided to intervene in politics after they discovered a drop in Biden's ratings. Prominent figures such as Neil Kosla, a healthcare entrepreneur, and Jed McCaleb, a billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur, have joined in supporting their initiative.
Phillips ' political strategy underscores his desire to push forward progressive ideas and use technology to communicate with voters. However, it also highlights the need to regulate the use of AI in political campaigns to prevent abuse.
Experts say that interactive audio like the one Krisilov and Samers created for Phillips could potentially pose the greatest risk to the election, even though Dean.The bot recognizes that this is AI when asked about it.
However, the use of interactive audio that Krisilov and Samers created for Phillips in political campaigns carries certain risks. Experts warn of a "Pandora's effect".
"As soon as we have AI versions of candidates talking to voters, there will be a small step left to bots that political opponents use to deceive voters. So opponents will make citizens think that politicians are saying something that they have never said before. And soon everyone becomes so cynical about all these fake reports that no one believes anything anyone says, " said Paul Barrett, associate director of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University.
The creators of Dean.Bot claims that the chatbot is intended more for entertainment and education, and not as a substitute for real communication with the candidate. Notably, Dean.The bot is based on OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. At the same time, OpenAI prohibits the use of its tools in political campaigns. In this regard, the We Deserve Better group announced that it will stop using ChatGPT and switch to other AI models.
After The Washington Post asked We Deserve Better about the policy, the group said it had asked the service provider it contracted to build the bot, startup Delphi, to remove ChatGPT from Dean.Bot and instead use other open models that went into creating the tool. OpenAI said it was investigating the issue.
It is interesting to note that Phillips, despite innovative approaches in his campaign, has not yet been able to gain significant support among voters. Biden's absence from the New Hampshire primary, however, leaves Phillips with a chance to improve his performance.
Dean.The bot represents an innovative but controversial element in the modern political arena. The chatbot illustrates the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of AI in political campaigns, while raising questions about the ethics and safety of such technologies.
Recently, a project called Dean was launched in the United States.Bot - a chatbot that imitates presidential candidate Dean Phillips. The project is supported by the Political Action Committee (Super PAC), funded by major Silicon Valley players and billionaire activist Bill Ackman.
This approach to the use of AI in politics is both disturbing and exciting, as it opens up new horizons in communicating with voters, but also carries potential risks.
Phillips, the Democratic nominee, has criticized incumbent President Biden, accusing him of losing the confidence of the majority of voters. Phillips campaign has received significant support, including $4 million from a Super PAC to promote ideas through social media and videos. The campaign reflects widespread discontent among members of the Democratic Party, despite Biden's low popularity.
The founders of the group We Deserve Better, behind the creation of Dean.Bot, performed by Matt Krisilov and Jed Summers. They decided to intervene in politics after they discovered a drop in Biden's ratings. Prominent figures such as Neil Kosla, a healthcare entrepreneur, and Jed McCaleb, a billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur, have joined in supporting their initiative.
Phillips ' political strategy underscores his desire to push forward progressive ideas and use technology to communicate with voters. However, it also highlights the need to regulate the use of AI in political campaigns to prevent abuse.
Experts say that interactive audio like the one Krisilov and Samers created for Phillips could potentially pose the greatest risk to the election, even though Dean.The bot recognizes that this is AI when asked about it.
However, the use of interactive audio that Krisilov and Samers created for Phillips in political campaigns carries certain risks. Experts warn of a "Pandora's effect".
"As soon as we have AI versions of candidates talking to voters, there will be a small step left to bots that political opponents use to deceive voters. So opponents will make citizens think that politicians are saying something that they have never said before. And soon everyone becomes so cynical about all these fake reports that no one believes anything anyone says, " said Paul Barrett, associate director of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University.
The creators of Dean.Bot claims that the chatbot is intended more for entertainment and education, and not as a substitute for real communication with the candidate. Notably, Dean.The bot is based on OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. At the same time, OpenAI prohibits the use of its tools in political campaigns. In this regard, the We Deserve Better group announced that it will stop using ChatGPT and switch to other AI models.
After The Washington Post asked We Deserve Better about the policy, the group said it had asked the service provider it contracted to build the bot, startup Delphi, to remove ChatGPT from Dean.Bot and instead use other open models that went into creating the tool. OpenAI said it was investigating the issue.
It is interesting to note that Phillips, despite innovative approaches in his campaign, has not yet been able to gain significant support among voters. Biden's absence from the New Hampshire primary, however, leaves Phillips with a chance to improve his performance.
Dean.The bot represents an innovative but controversial element in the modern political arena. The chatbot illustrates the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of AI in political campaigns, while raising questions about the ethics and safety of such technologies.
