Elections in the Age of AI

The increasing use of AI-generated content – e.g. fake photos and videos – has made it harder than ever to recognize misinformation and disinformation. Leading up to the November election, what are some ways voters can identify AI-generated content, and what threat could this technology pose to the future of our democracy?

Moderator

Mindy Romero
Assistant Professor (Research), USC Price School
Founder and Director, Center for Inclusive Democracy

Panelists

David Evan Harris
Chancellor’s Public Scholar, UC Berkeley
Continuing Lecturer, Haas School of Business

Mekela Panditharatne
Elections & Government Counsel, Brennan Center

Jonathan Mehta Stein
Executive Director, California Common Cause

Resources:

Digital Services Act election guidelines: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu...

Facebook products: https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/27/fac... and https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/20/fac...

App4Gov: https://legacy.iftf.org/app4gov/

Institute for the Future’s Governance Futures Lab: https://legacy.iftf.org/govfutures/

How Social-Media Rollbacks Endanger Democracy Ahead of the 2024 Elections: https://www.freepress.net/big-tech-ba...

Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tufekci: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803...

CITED: https://cited.tech/

Brennan Center Resources: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-wor...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-wor...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-wor...

An op-ed from CITED board members Bill Wong and Mindy Romero: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story...

• #education
• #usc_price
• #usc_sol_price_school_of_public_policy
• #usc
• #public_policy
• #mindy_romero
• #cid
• #center_for_inclusive_democracy
• #elections
• #voting
• #ai
• #misinformation
• #california_common_cause
• #brennan_center
• #david_evan_harris
• #jonathan_mehta_stein
• #mekela_panditharatne
• #disinformation