CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 29, 2024
YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF “AI” WHICH STANDS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, SOMEONE USED AI TO CREATE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VOICE. THE VOICE, WHICH WASN’T BIDEN’S, TOLD DEMOCRATS WHO ANSWERED THEIR PHONES NOT TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY BUT TO “SAVE” THEIR VOTES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THE VOICE AND STAYED HOME, BUT IT WAS LIKELY A TEST RUN FOR THE FALL ELECTION.
IF YOU THINK DIRTY TRICKS WERE A PROBLEM FOR THE NIXON ELECTION IN 1972, OR THE TRUMP-BIDEN RACE IN 2020, YOU LIKELY HAVE SEEN NOTHING YET.
LIKE SO MUCH ELSE IN TECHNOLOGY, AI HAS POTENTIAL FOR GOOD OR BAD, DEPENDING ON WHO IS USING IT. DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT BAD GUYS ON BOTH SIDES WILL USE IT IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRICK VOTERS AND PRODUCE THE OUTCOME THEY WISH TO SEE? I DON’T, HUMAN NATURE BEING WHAT IT IS. SO BE CAREFUL AND DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR ON YOUR PHONE, READ ON THE INTERNET, OR RECEIVE IN SPAM EMAIL. THIS ELECTION CYCLE WILL BE WILD ENOUGH WITHOUT AI AND THE PROBLEMS IT CAN CAUSE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
