Eric Schmidt

AI-generated misinformation on social media will make the 2024 elections a mess.

“The 2024 elections are going to be a mess because social media is not protecting us from false generated AI”

Said on

26 June 2023 · CNBC Squawk Box interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin

Source

'The 2024 elections are going to be a mess' because of A.I. and misinformation: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt · CNBC

Should come true

2024

How sure they sounded

are going to be

Categories

ElectionsAI

Importance

3 of 5 · AI disruption of the 2024 US election would matter to the country's democracy.

Outcome

Partly right Happened 5 November 2024.

AI fakes did appear (e.g. the fake Biden robocall before the New Hampshire primary), but NPR's year-end review found the feared wave of deceptive deepfakes "didn't really materialize" and the election was not made a mess by AI. A weaker version happened, so partial rather than accurate.

Evidence:

• https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-ai-deepfakes-polluted-elections-in-2024