This Innovative Political Startup is Set to Boost Progressive Victories… Using Humor and AI-Produced Advertisements

“This Political Startup Wants to Help Progressives Win … With AI-Generated Ads”

“Advertising is about making connections, but AI could help take that to a new level entirely. A (very realistic) future could exist where artificial intelligence identifies the issues you care about most and tailors a political ad to your leanings. Sounds spooky? It could be right around the corner.”

According to the curtains of the digital era, this possibility of AI manipulating public opinion isn’t hanging in the balance of some distantly ominous future. Nope, just around the bend, or so they say.

Let’s stroll down this uncanny alley together, shall we? The ‘spirited’ subjects of today’s narrative are AI and Progressive Political Ads, and neither of them are on the back burner. Instead, they’re causing quite a stir in the primordial soup of online advertising, leaving the ever-watchful world of techies and media enthusiasts thoroughly intrigued and, let’s admit it, slightly perturbed.

So what’s cooking? Well, AI is amping up to fuel targeted political ads that are precisely tailored to a viewer’s political tendencies. The cherry on top? The fact that this predicted, customized content is only a few footsteps away from becoming our ‘new normal’. But the question is, are we ready to surrender our decision-making process to our very own virtual crystal ball?

Broadly speaking, political war is being fought on a new battleground – the digital realm. AI is being packed into the arsenal as a shiny new weapon to challenge the uncertainties of political campaigns. Today’s political ‘cyber warriors’ are banking on AI to direct their narratives to the voter’s doorstep with unprecedented efficiency. It’s a brave new world – or as a few skeptics might say, what could possibly go wrong?

However, the various implications of this AI-mediated political interaction cannot be overlooked. As we swim deeper into the current of this digitized dimension, we need to remember that ethical currents can quickly turn into rip currents. Appropriate oversight and regulation need to sail alongside these uncharted waters of AI and political ad targeting to ensure political fair play.

So, yes, it seems like we’re destined to be caught up in the whirlwind of AI-enhanced politicking. However, just like good social etiquette warrants, let’s cross our fingers and hope that AI doesn’t forget its manners and respects everyone’s boundaries. Because, here’s a twist, dear AI: although mesmerizing, nobody likes a digital know-it-all!

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/battelgroundai-ai-progressive-political-ads/