Comment by avidiax

The author didn't look at the structural side of this.

* There is continuing consolidation in traditional media, literally being bought by moneyed interests.

* The AI companies are all jockeying for position and hemorrhaging money to do so, and their ownership and control is again, moneyed interests.

* This administration looks to be willing to pick winners and losers.

I think this all implies that the way we see AI used in politics in the US is going to be in net in support of the super wealthy, and in support of the current administration.

The other structural aspect is that AI can simulate grassroots support. We have already seen bot farms and such pop up to try to drive public opinion at the level of forum and social media posts. AI will automate this process and make it 10 or 100x more effective.

So both on the high and low ends of discourse, we can expect AI to push something other than what is in the interests of the common person, at least insofar as the interests of billionaires and political elites fail to overlap with those of common people.