Over the last month, some Spanish-speaking New Yorkers got a recorded phone call from Mayor Eric Adams speaking their native language. “Hola, soy el alcalde Eric Adams,” the mayor says in a monotone but flawless accent, before launching into a pitch for jobs with the city government. The truth is Adams isn’t multilingual, but he is a pioneer in the AI politics race.

In October, the mayor’s office said he’s been using AI to blast his constituents with millions of robocalls in languages he doesn’t speak, including Yiddish, Spanish, Mandarin, Haitian Creole, and Cantonese.

  • @Son_of_dad
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    88 months ago

    An AI politician would probably do better than a human one

    • @[email protected]
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, that bar isn’t that high really is it. Imagine if they actually kept their word!

      • @qarbone
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        18 months ago

        “The robot revolution will mulch everyone you care about.”

        At least they tell it to us straight and keep their word! They mulched my ma just yersterday!!