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The Guardian - US
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Blake Montgomery

Real v fake: how the Harris-Trump debate laid out different takes on AI

People in chairs in auditorium seen from behind watching large-screen TV high up on wall.
A live broadcast of the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, on 10 September 2024. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

In their first, and likely only debate, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump argued about artificial intelligence. They spoke of China, chips and “domestic innovation”. The country learned how Harris, Trump and their allies would – or intentionally wouldn’t – use artificial intelligence for their own ends.

But the real lessons were in the aftermath. The online furor over the IRL confrontation revealed that Republicans use AI to illustrate their political points. Democrats do not.

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