America Is Primed for an AI Election Backlash

During last night's presidential debate, Donald Trump once again baselessly insisted that the only reason he lost in 2020 was coordinated fraud. "Our elections are bad," Trump declared--gesturing to the possibility that, should he lose in November, he will again contest the results. After every presidential election nowadays, roughly half the nation is in disbelief at the outcome--and many, in turn, search for excuses. Some of those claims are outright fabricated, such as Republican cries that 2020 was "stolen," which culminated in the riot at the Capitol on January 6. Others are rooted in facts but blown out of proportion, such as Democrats' outrage over Russian propaganda and the abject failure of Facebook's content moderation in 2016.