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More than three-quarters of American adults believe that abuse involving the use of artificial intelligence (AI) Voting systems will affect the outcome of the presidential election, a new survey shows.
The Elon University poll and Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center survey found that 73% believe AI will be used to manipulate social media to impact the electionsfor example by creating fake accounts generating information or distorting voters’ impressions of the campaign.
Similarly, 70% said it was likely that elections would be affected by the use of AI to generate false information, as well as audio and video deepfakes. More than three-fifths, or 62%, said the election would likely be affected by the targeted use of AI to convince some voters not to vote.
Overall, the Elon investigation found that 78% of Americans expect at least one of these types of AI abuse to impact elections, while more than half think all three are at least somewhat likely to happening this election season.
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A majority of Americans believe AI will impact the 2024 election. ( /iStock)
“Voters believe that this election will take place in an extremely difficult context. news and information “They anticipate that new types of disinformation, fake documents, and voter manipulation tactics are being enabled by AI. Worse, many are unsure whether they can sort through the trash they know will will pollute content related to the campaign.
An overwhelming 93% of Americans surveyed expressed the belief that political candidates who maliciously and intentionally alter or falsify photos, videos or audio files should be punished, with 46% saying they should be removed from office. of their duties and 36% saying that offenders should be punished. lawsuits.
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Americans are concerned about the impact of AI-generated images and videos on the election cycle. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post via Getty Images / Getty Images)
By a margin of nearly 8 to 1, Americans expressed the feeling that AI will have a more negative than positive impact on elections: 39% said it would hurt, while 5% thought it would help, and 37% are not sure.
The survey also found that Americans are concerned about the use and impact of AI systems, which add to confusion in the news and information environment because they do not have confidence in their ability to detect fake audio, video and image files. 69% of those surveyed say they are false. We’re not sure that most voters can detect fake media.
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Americans doubt their ability to recognize AI-generated voice cloning in election-related content. (Chris Delmas/AFP via /Getty Images)
More than half of those surveyed, 52%, are not confident in their own ability to detect altered or falsified audio material, while 47% have these concerns regarding video and 45% regarding photos.
Less than a quarter of respondents, 23%, have used large language models or generative AI. chatbots like ChatGPTGemini and Claude.
Republican respondents were more likely to be skeptical of bias in AI systems, with 36% saying they were biased against Republicans, compared to 15% of Democrats. Republicans were also more likely to think AI is biased against Democrats, with 23% of them thinking this, compared to 14% of Democrats.
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The survey also found that 60% of Americans surveyed say they are confident that votes will be cast and counted accurately — although there is some doubt. partisan divide among the respondents.
While 83% of Democrats expressed such confidence, 60% of Republicans said they were unsure that votes would be cast and counted accurately.
