AI's effects on elections are largely overstated

Great piece in MIT Technology Review Keegan McBride and colleagues. A good reminder of the risks of listening to armchair #AI pundits instead of examining what years of scholarly research suggests about voting behavior and technological influences. While AI does pose some challenges to democratic processes, its effects on elections (and voting outcomes) have been largely overstated. An excellent wake-up call about the importance of considering the complex interplay of factors that influence elections and human behavior more broadly, beyond technological interventions.