The Urgent Need to Safeguard AI for Democracy
Syndicated by Brego.com, Op Ed
by Edmund J. Janas, IILet’s start with some good news: the recent indictment of fake Republican electors in Arizona dealt a significant blow to attempts by former President Trump and his allies to overturn a free and fair election. These state charges can’t simply be brushed aside with a presidential pardon, representing a major legal obstacle to Trump’s potential return to power.
But here’s the sobering reality – this indictment may never have happened if Arizona Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes hadn’t narrowly won by a mere 280 votes, under a different AG, one perhaps hostile to upholding the will of voters, the audacious scheme to send bogus pro-Trump electors to Congress could have been conveniently swept under the rug.
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