How AI Could Decide the Next Elections
We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, Tufekci explains how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information.
Summary
Zeynep Tufekci warns that AI optimized solely for ad clicks builds powerful manipulation engines—via filter bubbles and targeted amplification—that could easily be repurposed to sway voter behavior and decide elections.
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