Of Legislators and Large Language Models

<p>How will so-called "generative AI" tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT change our politics, and change the way we interact with our representatives in democratic government? This episode features three segments, with:</p><ul><li><strong>Kadia Goba</strong>, a politics reporter at <em>Semafor </em>and author of a <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/02/13/2023/the-members-of-congress-trying-to-prevent-ai-pocalypse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent report</a> on the AI Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives;</li><li><strong>Micah Sifry</strong>, an expert observer of the relationship between tech and politics and the author of <em>The Connector</em>, a Substack newsletter on&nbsp;democracy, organizing, movements and tech, where he <a href="https://theconnector.substack.com/p/how-chatgpt-3-will-transform-politics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently wrote</a> about ChatGPT and politics;</li><li><strong>Zach Graves</strong>, executive director of Lincoln Network, and <strong>Marci Harris</strong>, CEO and co-founder of PopVox.com, co-authors with <strong>Daniel Schuman</strong> at DemandProgress of a <a href="https://techpolicy.press/bots-in-congress-the-risks-and-benefits-of-emerging-ai-tools-in-the-legislative-branch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent essay</a> in <em>Tech Policy Press</em> on the risks and benefits of emerging AI tools in the legislative branch. </li></ul><br/>