Singh built a bot. It’s a concoction of ChatGPT, Grok, and a handful of other advanced AI systems that might destroy truth-based civil discourse once and for all.

Or.

What if that same technology could be harnessed to champion the truth? To do what no human could possibly do to refute lies and misinformation?

Today we talk to Singh about his creation, DOGEAI. He’s been labelled a MAGA-bot master but he says he’s really a progressive technologist.

Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading:

• Meet the 24-year-old Ottawa software engineer who runs a MAGA bot — Ottawa Citizen
• Zohran Mamdani’s newest opponent is an AI bot run by a 24-year-old in Canada — Courthouse News
• DOGE AI account on X
• DOGE AI on Github

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