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The AI Politicians Would Like to Speak With You Now - Politicians are using AI doppelgängers to reach voters. It’s a trend that’s about to explode. (gizmodo.com)

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Over the last month, some Spanish-speaking New Yorkers got a recorded phone call from Mayor Eric Adams speaking their native language. “Hola, soy el alcalde Eric Adams,” the mayor says in a monotone but flawless accent, before launching into a pitch for jobs with the city government. The truth is Adams isn’t multilingual, but he is a pioneer in the AI politics race.

In October, the mayor’s office said he’s been using AI to blast his constituents with millions of robocalls in languages he doesn’t speak, including Yiddish, Spanish, Mandarin, Haitian Creole, and Cantonese.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man, I hoped an actual AI was running for office, it couldn't do a worse job than our meatbag politicians.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I hoped Weird Al was running for office. He is an actual Al, after all.