What role did artificial intelligence play in the 2024 election?
Learn about the "amplification effect" and how it impacted AI's involvement in social media during the 2024 election.
According to Andrew Ng, a globally recognized leader in artificial intelligence, AI hasn’t done as much as you may hear in the media.
In his November 6th blog post on The Batch, he states the “amplification effect” of fake engagement by bots on select messages on social media contributed to a much larger issue than any fake news or videos produced by AI, even though the media highlighted them.
Ng also suggested that requiring transparency of social media platforms may be a solution for AI involvement on social media. Linked below, this is a pretty good piece on how technology, social media sites and AI were involved in the 2024 elections— plus it’s an easy read.
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