The first AI volunteer began working in the US election campaign – Kommersant

The world’s first AI volunteer has gone to work in Pennsylvania, calling voters and encouraging them to vote for Democratic Congressional candidate Shamaine Daniels. The agency reports this Reuters.

Ashley, created by the startup Civox, uses artificial intelligence technologies similar to ChatGPT. At the same time, it can make several calls simultaneously and conduct offline conversations with many subscribers. Each conversation is individual, Ashley takes into account the characteristics of each voter indicated in the database, and answers all the questions that concern a particular voter. The AI ​​volunteer can speak 20 languages ​​fluently without sounding like pre-recorded robot speech. However, the developers added a metallic tint to Ashley’s speech so that voters would not be misled into forgetting that they were, after all, communicating with an AI.

Among other positive aspects, the developers note that Ashley never gets tired, unlike ordinary volunteers, is not late for work, does not forget information about the candidate for whom she encourages to vote, and is never offended if a caller refuses to talk to her or simply hangs up. . Given the broad scope of such a worker, Democrats hope they can defeat Republicans and win a congressional seat in Pennsylvania next year. According to Shamaine Daniels, this “technology will definitely change the nature of election campaigns.” Ms. Daniels, who sits on the Harrisburg City Council, also ran for Congress last year but was beaten by Republican Scott Perry.

Alena Miklashevskaya