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Virginia Candidate Holds Debate with AI Bot After Opponent Declines to Participate
John Reid held a 40-minute live-streamed debate with an AI modeled on Ghazala Hashmi after she declined debate invitations, aiming to provide voters a side-by-side contrast.
- On Tuesday, the race for Virginia Lieutenant Governor took an unexpected turn when Republican John Reid held a debate with an AI version of Democratic candidate Ghazala Hashmi.
- With Hashmi refusing to appear, John Reid staged an AI-assisted debate, and Reid's campaign said it was created in fairness to respond to Hashmi's publicly stated positions.
- A 40-minute debate streamed live on YouTube featured a recorded moderator posing questions while Reid answered live and Hashmi's replies came from a robotic voice, Reid's campaign said.
- Ava Pitruzzello, spokesperson for the Hashmi campaign, called the stunt a 'desperate move' and said `Maybe he should focus on voters instead of videos`, while the Democratic Party of Virginia criticized John Reid for theatrical tactics.
- Last year, Don Bot, an AI debate bot, represented Congressman Don Beyers, and the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia may break ties in the Virginia Senate, influencing close votes.
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Virginia GOP candidate holds debate with AI clone of opponent after she refused to participate
The Virginia lieutenant governor's race took a bizarre turn on Tuesday after one of the Republican candidates decided to hold a 40-minute debate against an AI-voiced counterpart of his democratic opponent.
·New York, United States
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The Virginian Pilot+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
The debate that didn’t happen, and what it tells us about AI in Virginia politics
The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, John Reid, staged a debate with AI reading lines his campaign wrote for his opponent, Ghazala Hashmi. Is AI here to stay in Virginia politics?
·Norfolk, United States
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Virginia candidate holds debate with AI bot after opponent declines to participate
Democratic candidate Ghazala Hashmi has refused all invitations to debate her opponent, John Reid. Reid used artificial intelligence to hold a debate on his own.
·Sacramento, United States
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