What Next TBD: Are You Ready for the A.I. Election?

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In the days leading up to the New Hampshire primary, voters received a robocall purportedly from Joe Biden. Authorities have now determined the call was likely A.I.-generated. In the era of A.I., how can voters tell what’s real and what’s not? And will the general election be thrown into chaos by artificial intelligence-created disinformation? Guest: Makena Kelly, senior writer at Wired covering politics and technology If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Paige Osburn and Anna Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	In the weeks ahead of Tuesday's primary,
1:06.6	thousands of New Hampshireites got a call from Joe Biden.
1:13.6	Republicans have been trying to push nonpartisan and Democratic voters to participate in their primary.
1:19.9	What a bunch of malarkey.
1:22.1	Or, well, they got a call from someone or something that sounded like Joe Biden.
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