- Democratic challenger Jason Palmer won American Samoa's primary, thwarting Biden's landslide victory.
- Longshot candidates believe part of their success lies in incorporating AI.
- Mr. Palmer, an entrepreneur, uses AI to send text messages and emails to voters, and uses AI avatars to converse with voters.
youngest jason palmer The Democratic challenger for the 2024 presidential election defeated incumbent Joe Biden in American Samoa's primary on Super Tuesday. He credits AI for his unexpected victory.
In the American Samoa primary, Mr. Palmer received 51 votes, compared to 40 for Mr. Biden. Palmer's surprise victory prevented Biden from sweeping all primaries and secured three Democratic delegates from Maryland, but American Samoa will not participate in the general election as a U.S. territory. do not. November election.
Despite a long-term chance to unseat Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, Palmer said his campaign's strength has grown in part due to its use of technology such as artificial intelligence in its email and text messaging to voters. He told Business Insider that the number has skyrocketed in recent weeks. , even on his website he is published in the form of an AI-powered avatar.
PalmerAI, the chatbot on his campaign site, features a candidate likeness and a simulation of the candidate's voice, and can respond in real time as voters type questions for the candidate. The image of Mr. Palmer blinks, nods and gives a slight smile to the voter, somewhat ominously, before reading out answers based on the voter's questions.
“I've learned that if I talk to voters and feel like I know them well, they're much more likely to vote for me. But if they can't talk to me… Well, then I'm just a random person and they ask, “Who is Jason Palmer?” It's the same thing everyone's been saying on talk shows lately,” Palmer told BI. “And this is an attempt to give people an opportunity to ask three or four questions from the get-go, so they don't have to read 25 pages of my website to find the policy positions they're interested in. there is no.”
“Sometimes you can figure out where I am and improve the situation.”
The candidate told BI that it cost his campaign less than $25,000 to build version 1 of PalmerAI, adding that he is “pretty impressed” with the results. The bot was born after Palmer spent several hours reading and recording excerpts from his own speeches and books. His campaign plans to improve bot responsiveness as Palmer continues operations in the 16 states and territories listed on the ballot.
Although residents cannot vote in general elections, American Samoa has previously revealed unexpected primary results. In 2020, billionaire Michael Bloomberg's only victory in the Democratic primary came from the territory. Despite the odds against him, Palmer hopes a victory there will provide momentum for his campaign in states like Arizona, Kansas and Missouri.
“Sometimes I get a better answer than if you asked me a question because you know where I stand. If you ask me a question, I'll be too verbose and take 60 seconds, but I'll give you a very precise answer of about 10 seconds.” You'll get an answer in just a few seconds,'' Palmer said.
He added: “I think most people are surprised by our campaign using this technology, because five years ago it would have cost about $10 million to build. And that's because AI is so advanced. “That's partly because I did that. But it's also because I'm the leading expert.” I'm the first technology entrepreneur to run for president, and although I'm not yet 80 years old, I'm actually in the prime of my entrepreneurial life. ”
The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request from BI for comment on whether the sitting president plans to use AI in his re-election bid.
But Biden's voice was spoofed in an AI-generated robocall, discouraging voters from voting in the New Hampshire primary, prompting Biden to ban the use of the technology for voice spoofing during the State of the Union address. 81- is unlikely because you requested it. He is passionate about the spread of AI in politics.
