{"id":611218,"date":"2024-03-04T11:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ai-bot-jennifer-calling-california-voters-for-congress-hopeful\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:58:32","slug":"ai-bot-jennifer-calling-california-voters-for-congress-hopeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-bot-jennifer-calling-california-voters-for-congress-hopeful\/","title":{"rendered":"#AI bot &#8216;Jennifer&#8217; calling California voters for Congress hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4133debc7e6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4133debc7e6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-bot-jennifer-calling-california-voters-for-congress-hopeful\/#%E2%80%98People_were_shocked\" >&#8216;People were shocked&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-bot-jennifer-calling-california-voters-for-congress-hopeful\/#%E2%80%98The_best_technology\" >&#8216;The best technology&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/peter-dixons-operation.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/peter-dixons-operation.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Peter Dixon's operations manager, Austin Madden, demonstrates the Civox technology being used to place human-sounding, interactive phone calls to voters.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/peter-dixons-operation.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Dixon's operations manager, Austin Madden, demonstrates the Civox technology being used to place human-sounding, interactive phone calls to voters\" title=\"Peter Dixon's operations manager, Austin Madden, demonstrates the Civox technology being used to place human-sounding, interactive phone calls to voters.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Peter Dixon&#8217;s operations manager, Austin Madden, demonstrates the Civox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> being used to place human-sounding, interactive phone calls to voters.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jennifer spent her weekend calling California voters, urging them to cast their ballot in Tuesday&#8217;s primary election for Democrat Peter Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    But unlike her human counterparts, Jennifer is a creation of artificial intelligence (AI), allowing her to make thousands of calls without taking a break or losing her cool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello there. My name is Jennifer and I&#8217;m an artificial intelligence volunteer,&#8221; she says, im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely declaring her identity in calls to Silicon Valley voters in the US congressional race.<\/p>\n<p>In her slightly robotic-sounding voice\u2014intentionally designed to make it clear she is not human\u2014she introduces the candidate, asks questions and responds to those she gets from voters, all in a surprisingly natural tone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m wondering why a person hasn&#8217;t called me today,&#8221; Dixon&#8217;s operations manager Austin Madden asks her during a demonstration call for AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My apologies if I missed that point earlier,&#8221; Jennifer replies without missing a beat. &#8220;The reason an AI like me is calling instead of a real person is to help the campaign reach more people efficiently, allowing human volunteers to focus on areas where personal interaction is crucial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dixon only recently began using Jennifer, the product of start-up Civox.<\/p>\n<p>At first &#8220;we were skeptical,&#8221; said Dixon, a Marine veteran and cybersecurity entrepreneur. &#8220;And so we tested it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98People_were_shocked\"><\/span>&#8216;People were shocked&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>His staff expected results would be &#8220;a mixed bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, &#8220;People were shocked at how good the capability was,&#8221; Dixon said from his company&#8217;s headquarters in Palo Alto, sitting before a computer screen showing clips from his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                            In one of the videos, images alternate between reality (Dixon holding his young daughter) and sequences in which the background (the Afghan war) and his outfit are artificially generated\u2014and presented as such.<\/p>\n<p>The point, he said, was to &#8220;show that we are comfortable not just understanding these tools, but&#8230; using them in an ethical, responsible and transparent way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stunning progress in AI in the past year and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance of generative AI programs like ChatGPT\u2014which produce text, images and sounds on demand and in everyday language\u2014have sparked tremendous enthusiasm but also grave concerns about potential risks, including lost jobs, intellectual property theft and fraud.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/peter-dixon-talks-with.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/peter-dixon-talks-with.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Peter Dixon talks with communications director Taylor Hebble; on the screen behind them is an artificially generated picture of Dixon, a military veteran, in Afghanistan.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/peter-dixon-talks-with.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Dixon talks with communications director Taylor Hebble; on the screen behind them is an artificially generated picture of Dixon, a military veteran, in Afghanistan\" title=\"Peter Dixon talks with communications director Taylor Hebble; on the screen behind them is an artificially generated picture of Dixon, a military veteran, in Afghanistan.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Peter Dixon talks with communications director Taylor Hebble; on the screen behind them is an artificially generated picture of Dixon, a military veteran, in Afghanistan.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m terrified about all of that,&#8221; Dixon admitted.<\/p>\n<p>But he would rather see the US &#8220;continue to lead in how we use it, and figure out how to write the rules of the road ourselves, as opposed to having another country like China&#8221; doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Mouzykantskii co-founded Civox partly to sharpen the focus on &#8220;the intersection of artificial intelligence and politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are already in a future,&#8221; he said, where politicians are &#8220;using artificial intelligence tools to develop policy and to make decisions&#8221;\u2014without necessarily announcing that they are doing so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe that is the benevolent technocracy that we are hurtling towards,&#8221; Mouzykantskii said. &#8220;But we shouldn&#8217;t end up there accidentally, and we shouldn&#8217;t end up there without consent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_best_technology\"><\/span>&#8216;The best technology&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the future, said Adam Reis, Civox&#8217;s other co-founder, &#8220;it&#8217;s not going to be the best-funded campaigns necessarily that have an unfair advantage. It&#8217;s going to be the ones with the best technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reis said he had long been working to create AI &#8220;characters&#8221; with whom he could have believable dialogues. The arrival of generative AI made that much easier.<\/p>\n<p>But, he added, &#8220;We&#8217;ve discovered that the mechanics of conversations and of speech are actually much, much more difficult than the content of what is said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To be truly convincing, an AI character needs to speak fluidly, understand and react quickly, and know both when to interrupt and when to allow an interruption\u2014all difficult challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people try to trick the system,&#8221; said Patrick McNally, Civox&#8217;s field director. &#8220;But the bot is very good at bringing it back to policy&#8230; sometimes to a point a human wouldn&#8217;t even be able to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In January, an automated program that called voters using an AI-generated voice of President Joe Biden heightened concerns about massive disinformation enabled by the novel technology in an election year.<\/p>\n<p>US authorities subsequently banned the use of such &#8220;cloned&#8221; voices, to combat political or commercial fraud.<\/p>\n<p>But that does not affect Jennifer or her counterparts using Civox technology. 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