A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

3 mitchbob 3 6/30/2025, 5:07:02 PM nytimes.com ↗

Comments (3)

javascriptpy · 5h ago
I would counter with, “When any political faction (lib / cons) treats its moral convictions as self-evident global truths, and sympathetic media outlets and so called journalists amplify that certainty, our democratic discourse erodes at a rate far greater than anything AI could do.”
JumpCrisscross · 4h ago
That’s a criticism of direct democracy, not republics; it’s been a known failure mode (and base case) for millennia.

The novel elements are social media and AI. I am increasingly convinced that ad-funded social media should be banned and/or tightly regulated like utilities are.