In my research for my piece on the 2024 Lawton mayoral race, I found that Jacobi Crowley, one of the leading candidates, has made use of AI-generated campaign materials. While I don’t object to the use of artificial intelligence as a tool, I don’t believe that he’s always used this tool in good faith. Ethical debates about whether it right or wrong to use AI in any given circumstance are widespread in today’s world. Here, I will go over two examples of the Crowley campaign’s use of AI.
For my first example, I have a post that Mr. Crowley made on August 12th on Facebook and Instagram. The main feature of the post is a video where he asks the user to stop what they’re doing on social media and go to his website. The caption for this video is most likely AI-generated. QuillBot, GPTZero, and Scribbr are three widely-used, highly reputable applications used for determining whether a selection of text is AI-generated. Upon submittin…