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Americans Turning to ChatGPT for Voting Advice in Midterms

Original: Particularly Weak-Minded Americans Are Asking ChatGPT Which Candidate to Vote For, Which Sounds a Bit Like AI Is Just Vo

A report by Futurism highlights that some American voters are asking ChatGPT which candidate to support in the midterm elections, prompting criticism that delegating voting decisions to AI amounts to artificial intelligence voting through human proxies. Commenters are debating whether this reflects laziness, susceptibility to persuasion, or a genuine shift in how people engage with politics, and raising concerns about AI's influence on democratic outcomes.

Why now: Concerns about AI shaping election decisions are circulating ahead of the US midterm elections.

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• Particularly Weak-Minded Americans Are Asking ChatGPT Which Candidate to Vote For, Which Sounds a Bit Like AI Is Just Voting Now Via Meat Proxies https:// futurism.com/future-society/vo ters-chatgpt-midterm-candidate # tech # technology # ai # artificialintelligence # politics… · readbeanicecream · 9

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