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   Matt Hodges (matthodges@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:12 JST Matt Hodges

   I remain quite bullish on the roles Generative AI and other Machine Learning tools can play in political campaigns. We already see strong, positive, use cases for things like internal operations and asynchronous voter communication. The tools are incredibly useful at tasks like helping us draft and edit content, or acting as a co-pilot in data analysis. But...

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     Matt Hodges (matthodges@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:10 JST Matt Hodges

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     So, no, I would not recommend this. This is exactly the kind of tactic people inside and outside of politics feared would start happening. My team and I are going to continue to work with campaigns, committees, and electoral organizations to adopt voter-positive uses of AI. Not this. If you want to talk to voters, then talk to voters. Otherwise, just go buy ads.

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     Matt Hodges (matthodges@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:10 JST Matt Hodges

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     An important point I’m going to hit consistently: Using a bot for voter contact is a bad strategic decision. We can debate whether it's "wrong" or "dangerous" (hopefully it’s clear that I have opinions!). But ultimately, it's just not smart.

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     Matt Hodges (matthodges@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:11 JST Matt Hodges

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     So if I’m advising any campaign on this tech, from Biden or the DNC all the way down to a local city council race, I’m reminding them of our commitment to treat voters and supporters with dignity and respect. And that means that if voters bother to take time out of their day to talk to us, then the least we can do is actually show up to that conversation.

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     Matt Hodges (matthodges@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:12 JST Matt Hodges

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     ... One of my concerns lies in the temptation to inject them into our synchronous voter communications. It’s not just about deception or hallucinations. We’re seeing campaigns experiment with things like chatbots and AI-robocallers. But we have to remember the slogan of Democratic campaigning is to “meet voters where they are.” Relegating voters to talking only to a machine is not “meeting them where they are,” even when we disclose that it’s AI ...

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