Tech VC Wins American Samoa With AI Chatbot, Beats Biden by 11 Votes
• Jason Palmer beat Joe Biden by 11 votes in the American Samoa presidential caucus, crediting his AI chatbot "PalmerAI" for the win • Palmer is a tech venture capitalist who spent $25,000 to create the AI chatbot to campaign virtually in American Samoa • The chatbot uses Palmer's voice and likeness to speak to voters about his stances, but cannot go off-script to new topics • Palmer has never actually been to American Samoa, but believes the AI let voters there feel like he had engaged with them • The win likely has more to do with voter dissatisfaction with Biden than the AI itself, since American Samoa residents can't vote in federal elections