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\n“Predictions that AI would ‘hack’ the 2020 US elections, dramatically shifting voter behaviour ended up…not quite lining up.” Ah yes, the thrill of the not-quite-right prediction, the magic of expectation versus reality.<\/p>\n
The omnipotent-sounding Artificial Intelligence, expected to tarnish the 2020 US elections, didn’t exactly meet its grand prophecies. All those fears brewed and served hot by a contingent of doom and gloom tech-pundits? Rather lukewarm by the end. Instead, AI played a rather pedestrian role in identifying potential voters and their preferred issues.<\/p>\n
Let’s delve deeper into the anticipated “AI Election.” Despite widespread trepidations, AI turned out to be no clandestine puppet-master yanking political strings from behind a binary curtain. Instead, AI – like that introverted co-worker at an office party – proved useful in deciphering social behavior patterns and helping to facilitate more targeted, personalized political campaigns.<\/p>\n
Facebook’s fresh-faced, AI-driven ads? Didn’t quite revolutionize the landscape, they were more of a new shade of lipstick on the pig that is political advertising. Meanwhile, Google decided to pump the breaks on micro-targeted political ads completely, trading in the hypothetical big-brother playbook for something marginally cordial.<\/p>\n
Twitter, on the other hand, passed the time playing whack-a-mole with bad actors and debunked conspiracy theories, a task that requires some recognition. Nonetheless, it was still in the familiar sandbox of content moderation rather than navigating the uncharted territories of mind control and misinformation-frontiers once imagined for AI.<\/p>\n
What about the cautionary tales of AI’s potential misuse? Like narrowly custom-crafted ads designed to sway your political stance one pixel at a time? These tactics, though new-age, were just a high-tech riff on the age-old artistry of political manipulation and persuasion.<\/p>\n
As it turns out, 2020 wasn’t the year of the AI Election as foretold. It played its part, yes, but in the grand scheme of things, it was simply a bystander wearing an “I Voted” sticker, not the almighty director of the play. AI might have a major role in the years to come, but for the moment, let’s just appreciate the beauty of expectation versus reality, as it stands, with a side of sarcasm.
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