Connections Podcast

Machine learning meets the campaign trail


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AI political videos are already here — as Pittsford residents saw over the last month. An anti-Democrats ad featured AI "actors” warning against losing the character of Pittsford if Democrats won the election. So why not use real people? And how common will AI “actors” be in the future? What should be done about it?

  • Jeffrey Allan, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Responsible Technology at Nazareth University 
  • Timothy Kneeland, Ph.D., professor and director of history, politics, and law at Nazareth University
  • Kevin Spencer Beckford, managing partner of Finding Your Cup, LLC; operations executive; speaker; business turnaround strategist; and AI humanist
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