"A group of researchers from Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale warn that the rise of AI bots and AI agents could pose a serious threat to democracy. For example, power-hungry politicians around the world can relatively easily create swarms of AI bots that flood social media and messaging services with propaganda and disinformation. In this way, they can not only influence election results but also persuade parts of the population to replace parliamentary democracy with an authoritarian regime."
"For example, power-hungry politicians around the world can relatively easily create swarms of AI bots that flood social media and messaging services with propaganda and disinformation. In this way, they can not only influence election results but also persuade parts of the population to replace parliamentary democracy with an authoritarian regime."
AI bots and AI agents now have capabilities to generate and deploy persuasive content at large scale. Powerful actors can assemble swarms of such bots to flood social media and messaging services with coordinated propaganda and disinformation. These campaigns can shift voter perceptions, manipulate public opinion, and distort information ecosystems rapidly. The amplified falsehoods and targeted persuasion can undermine election integrity and erode public trust in democratic institutions. Sustained manipulation can polarize populations and create conditions where parts of the electorate support replacing parliamentary democracy with authoritarian rule.
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