Artificial intelligence isn’t replacing human politicians, overruling election results, or poisoning people anytime soon. Yet bills reflecting such conspiracy theories popped up this year in statehouses across the country.
Fears of human government getting replaced by digital systems led to a North Dakota law barring legal personhood for AI.
Discredited claims of mass voting fraud in 2020 led to legislation (S 1565) to bar AI from Arizona elections.
A Rhode Island bill (H 5866) aims to protect citizens from “inhaled” internet hubs giving AI control over their bodies.
The sponsors of these measures say their proposals ...
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