March 18, 2025
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#122 Why AI Isn’t Going To Steal Our Election
Is AI slop the ultimate weapon for foreign interference? Or are we spiraling into another internet-fueled moral panic?
Noor Azrieh
Producer
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Sam Konnert
Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
max collins
Director of Audio
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Last week several AI-generated photos of Mark Carney and Ghislaine Maxwell looking chummy went viral. It was easy to spot the fake, but it raised an important question: should we be worried about AI in this election?

 

Ryan Broderick, author of the Garbage Day newsletter, and host of his own podcast Panic World, doesn’t think so.

 

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

 

Guests: Ryan Broderick

 

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