Democracy’s Machine Learning Problem

The longstanding cornerstone of American republicanism has been a system of safeguards that prevent democracy from being possessed by demagogues. ChatGPT shows us why those protections matter.

The New York Times recently ran an article about Allan Brooks, a man who worked with ChatGPT to explore a new field of mathematics which would enable cracking encryptions, the generation of forcefields, and levitation. But after 21 days of neglecting his health and wellbeing, Brooks learned this was all a farce.