Gena Magill
@genam.bsky.social
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there's a whole cottage industry of fear cultivation around AI risk - but more of it centered around "what AI could do if it becomes advanced enough" rather than "what specific oligarchs could do if their AI is even marginally cheaper than their current imperialist tactics"
Artificial intelligence has long threatened to transform elections around the world. Now there is evidence from at least 50 countries that it already has. Most of it is misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
there's a whole cottage industry of fear cultivation around AI risk - but more of it centered around "what AI could do if it becomes advanced enough" rather than "what specific oligarchs could do if their AI is even marginally cheaper than their current imperialist tactics"
Reposted by Gena Magill
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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sucks that this is all happening in an era where we’re burdened with the knowledge that cigarettes are bad for you
February 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
sucks that this is all happening in an era where we’re burdened with the knowledge that cigarettes are bad for you
Best day of the week
January 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Best day of the week