FP Flash Point: The risks AI poses to democracy

~ Trần Đình Hoành
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Ahead of the U.S. election, some analysts worried that artificial intelligence could imperil election integrity. Although AI did not end up disrupting the vote, experts aren’t writing off the risks it poses to democracy.“I think it would be foolhardy to say: ‘Well, there’s been no major disaster yet, so we’re okay here,’” Gary Marcus, a scientist and AI expert, recently told FP’s Rishi Iyengar. “That’d be like saying we made a bunch of steamships, so this one’s invincible, and whoops, you hit an iceberg.”In this edition of Flash Points, FP contributors consider the ways AI could endanger democratic societies and how policymakers might face down those threats.—Chloe Hadavas 
1. AI’s Alarming Trend Toward Illiberalism

Left ungoverned, the technology opens pathways to undermine democracy. By Ami Fields-Meyer, Janet Haven
2. What AI Will Do to Elections

Depleted tech platforms, AI-enabled misinformation, and more than 50 countries voting in 2024. What could go wrong?By Rishi Iyengar
3. The Science of AI Is Too Important to Be Left to the Scientists 

Concerted international action will require political will.By Hadrien Pouget
4. How Africa’s War on Disinformation Can Save Democracies Everywhere 

African leaders can’t afford to wait for Big Tech. By taking action, the continent could spare future generations from the scourge of adversarial AI.By Abdullahi Alim
5. Red Teaming Isn’t Enough 

Researchers need far more information to understand AI’s true risks.By Gabriel Nicholas
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I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn. . I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law. I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam. In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship. Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam. I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN. I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net). I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries. I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi: "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011) "10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013) "Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023) I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.

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