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AI Billionaires Are Flooding Money Into Politics to Influence Elections, But It’s Backfiring: Even a whiff of AI money seems to disgust voters. (futurism.com)
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[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I can only hope this is true. Most voters aren't paying a bit of attention to where the money comes from.

They're using AI. They think it's wonderful, they've barely heard about the controversy around data centers, and think "data centers are where the internet it, yOU lIkE thE inTErNeT, Don'T yoU?"

The Top 10 AI Uses in 2025 (none of which it does very well):

  • Therapy and companionship
  • Organizing my life
  • Finding purpose
  • Enhanced learning
  • Summarizing content
  • Generating ideas
  • Generating code (for professionals)
  • Improving code (for professionals)
  • Creativity
  • Visual art and design