Tech Luminaries Back First 'AI Candidate,' Raising Concerns Over Impersonation in Politics
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Dean Phillips is the first presidential candidate to be turned into an AI chatbot, "Dean.bot", though it was quickly taken down for violating OpenAI's policy.
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Phillips cultivated connections with tech luminaries like Elon Musk and embraced an accelerationist, libertarian ethos about emerging technologies like AI and crypto.
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His chatbot hints at AI's potential for impersonation and misinformation if used disingenuously in politics.
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Powerful figures in tech like Altman espouse maximalist, "effective accelerationist" ideas about AI superseding humanity.
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Experiments like Dean.bot should be seen in the context of technology's unintended consequences, as Phillips could be the first "accelerationist candidate" of many.