The use of artificial intelligence in politics has skyrocketed in recent years with no end in sight. That begs the question: how much of an impact can AI have on our elections?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most recent example was in February when AI was used to impersonate President Biden. Voters received a phone call that sounded just like the President telling them not to vote in the New Hampshire Primary. Experts say this is just part of what AI can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Political analyst Dr. Mark Springer said AI is like any other tool. He said how you use it can be for good or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA lot of campaigns can use it as a function to understand kind of a narrative that might work with different people as long as the algorithms are there and everything that you enter into that gives you the output that you need,\u201d said Dr. Mark Springer, an associate professor of political science at the University of Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Mark Hagerott is the Chancellor for North Dakota University System and has been studying AI for many years. He said he was a historian of technology and ran low-level artificial specialized intelligence in the Navy. Hagerott said it is very easy for someone to learn and operate the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s probably one of the big breakthroughs, you don\u2019t have to have a formal computer language to work with it, at least at the basic level,\u201d said Dr. Hagerott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although AI can have positive uses in politics, there can be many negative impacts as well. Springer points to other democracies, like Turkey, where it has changed election outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt had a huge impact on their election because it\u2019s very pervasive. On top of it, when we look at generational effects, the current generation, the new generation coming into it gets most of their information through social media, so that\u2019s where it really filters up and gets spread,\u201d said Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hagerott said it\u2019s very hard for the average person to detect whether a political ad or something else is AI-generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t have the tools because all they have is the stuff that might give them that. That\u2019s where it is incumbent on these big companies and the government to do that actually,\u201d said Hagerott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although AI has been used in national political races, Springer said it has become easily accessible, so you\u2019ll soon start seeing it in state and local races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to think that North Dakota is immune from that, but I\u2019m not naive enough to say that. Even if it\u2019s not the campaign central that\u2019s doing it, you can have an outside group doing it and have that push people away from voting,\u201d said Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both Springer and Hagerott said this technology is not going away and will in fact keep advancing well into the future. Right now, they said the best advice is to consider where the message originates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Biden issued an executive order last October where it established new standards for AI safety and security among other areas. The order was to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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