Beware: AI could create false evidence about Senator McConnell's state.

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AI-created false evidence might already be out there making McConnell appear to be either alive or dead. In a sense, these jokes about Schrödinger’s Cat and quantum superposition might actually come true.

Edit: Adding a related story from The Guardian

Can AI equalize political campaign ads – or will it remain a tool for spreading lies?

From the comfort of his bed, Jonathan Rinaldi, a political candidate for a city council seat in Queens, New York, tinkered away on his iPhone, prompting an artificial intelligence chatbot to mock up fake news hits and endorsements he had never received.

During the campaign last October, Rinaldi shared one of those stories, made to appear real with a CNN logo, on his Facebook and Instagram. It stated that Lynn Schulman, his opponent and an incumbent Democrat, had been “forced to drop out of the race due to a series of critical mistakes”. But Schulman had not quit her campaign, and in November, won by a landslide.

Rinaldi felt these posts were “art” – and definitely protected political speech. “I made memes and political satire; nothing I did is fake,” he said. But local officials accused the 47-year-old vaccine skeptic and serial sperm donor of defrauding voters. On 24 June, he was arrested on misdemeanor forgery charges, in what appears to be one of the first times a candidate for office could face criminal penalties after using AI in their political messaging.

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