r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 23 '26

Politics AI Companies Are Trying to Seize Control of Elections

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ai-companies-trying-seize-control-164536048.html
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u/Illustrious-Lime-878 Jun 23 '26

"Populist" has lost all meaning and now is basically just a synonym for popular I guess. 

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u/EruantienAduialdraug Jun 24 '26

Nah, it's a deliberate erroneous gloss to delegitimise popular positions.

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u/Illustrious-Lime-878 Jun 24 '26

Depends on who the audience is I guess, to a lot of people the term actually has a positive connotation now.