Narrator: little did they realize, It already had.

Instead of massive advertising campaigns that promote the messages we’re “supposed” to hear from large corporations an financial backers?

Wait, you mean to tell me that the billionaire machine, built by billionaires to say things billionaires like, might influence politics in favor of billionaires? Say it ain’t so

Why not just have AI do the voting?

Billionaires who own the government and direct it to ignore the will of the people with Citizens United and gerrymandering.

I read that as "Scientists are increasingly worried that people are generally stupid and cannot confirm or distinguish truth from lies". And, dammit, they're right!

From the horses mouth

AI is already influencing elections — and will continue to — in several important ways. Here’s a clear, non-technical breakdown:

1. Voter Persuasion & Targeted Messaging

AI makes it easier to analyze huge amounts of data about voters and generate personalized political messages. Campaigns can use AI to:

• Predict which voters are persuadable
• Tailor messages to specific groups
• Automate outreach (emails, texts, ads)

This can increase efficiency but also raises concerns about manipulation and privacy.

2. Deepfakes & Misinformation

AI tools can generate:

• Fake videos of candidates
• Synthetic audio imitating their voices
• Hyper-realistic fake news articles or social posts

These can spread rapidly and confuse voters, especially close to election dates.

3. Content Moderation & Detection Tools

AI is also part of the solution:

• Platforms use AI to detect bots, deepfakes, and coordinated misinformation campaigns.
• Fact-checking organizations use AI to analyze claims faster.

4. Automated Bots & Influence Campaigns

AI-powered bots can simulate real users and amplify political narratives at enormous scales. This can distort what appears to be “public opinion.”

5. Voter Information & Assistance

Positive uses include:

• Chatbots that provide voting information
• Translation tools increasing accessibility
• Analysis for journalists and researchers

Bottom Line

Yes — AI will influence elections, both positively and negatively. It can improve access to information and campaign efficiency, but also increases risks like deepfakes and targeted manipulation. Most experts argue the impact will grow, making transparency, regulation, and digital literacy increasingly important.

If you want, I can also explain:

• How deepfakes are detected
• What governments and platforms are doing to prevent election interference
• Ethical guidelines for using AI in political campaigns

At one time I remember thinking, in my naïveté, that Americans actually valued scientists and progress. Silly me.

*again

Why do you think the tech bros are so erect over AI? One more tool to keep us under the whip and yoke of fascism.

I’m fairly certain that election fraud is already rampantly being practiced by various factions. I could post a long diatribe of sources for that, but the idea that AI manipulation of social media is what will push us over the line seems quaint.

Data aggregation and mining have already made a mockery of the idea of humans having free will. Why cry now?

We are just a herd. Can I move THAT sheep? Maybe. Can I move the herd? Absolutely.

Will? Already have.

Isnt that the whole point of AI?

You're a year too late.

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

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

AI wont change much. Most people already dont inform themselfs and dont vote based on the partys/peoples records, standings, goals and what is best for everyone. They mostly vote on feelings, what they have always voted, or "to show them".

They cant even remember more than what happend 6 days ago.

Example:

Germany. Since schmidt got backstabbed by his party the conservatives took over, who ofc didnt do anything to improve the nation. No investments but took the money that was supposed to go into investments like germany wide glas fiber cable into his friends from variouse lobbys in this case copper cables for TV. Reunification just fell into Kohls lap, the government gutted the new eastern states of all its industry, wealth and prosperity. They ruled for 16 years. Then the country voted for Schröder the old russian puppet because he drank beer with people and "seemed like a decent man with whom you can have a drink with". He with his neo-liberal approach did quite the damage to the social system and his tax increases and the jobmarket problems killed him. Then 16 years conservative Merkel rule where nothing happened. And so much corruption its crazy! But people got MAD at the Scholz Administration for actually wanting to change thing for the better. "THE GREEEEEEENS! ENVIORMENTAL FRiendly reeee!!" And so, they voted in, THE FUCKING CONSERVATIVES WITH A BLACKROCK LOBBYIST CHANCELOR CANDIDAT WHO IS LOVEY DOVEY WITH THE FASCISTS AND NAZIS OF THE AFD! And who even while campagning told everyone that his government will be packed full of the most corrupt ministers of the merkel administrations just in different ministrys, and litteral lobbyists! And still 25% of germans think that the litteral russian puppets, who are proven to be lead by fascist Bernd Höcke, employing russian and chinese spies, who throw out nazi slogans and speech like an "amen" in the church, who litteraly write that they'll undo all social systems and lower the tax of the rich, plus want to leave the EU which would cripple germany in a few years harder than it did the UK, would fix it all...by deporting people. Be it german potatoes, imigrants, refugees, germans with migrant family background. The AfD wants to deport them all

People are fucking idiots. But as a wise old person once said:

"Democracy is for the people, by the people. But the people are retarded"

If all you do is read the little statements booklet they send out, and then do the mail vote based on that, then AI is not in the loop unless the candidate is dumb enough to paste chatbot output into their statement.

Seriously people, get your friends and family off of the ragebait rectangle. Most "news" media today is just opinion wrapped with ads about content they bought from Reuters and AP.

It already helped to sway the Slovakian elections, and arguably the US elections too.

What "will"? They and asocial media didn't have already?

Add AI bullshit to the usual election lies and dirty tricks.
Food prices are soaring - maybe AI can figure out how to convince the people that they aren't starving.

AI doesn't do anything. People use AI to [insert the action every hack rag of stain that gets posted] .

dint it already last election, it was all up in YOUTUBE just before the elections. which Youtube has made anofficial statement, they wont take down election denial(also extends to any form of propaganda from the right about politics)

Been doing that for years. Unless you think everyone got magically more fascist out of nothing.

Baaaa 🐑

So AI slop doesn't get generated, just imagine the visual of the Egyptologist from The Mummy holding a GPU, saying, "What have we done?", while covered in dickflies.