
专注于人工智能议题的民主党超级政治行动委员会“Tomorrow Together”正进军参议院竞选,斥资250万美元投放广告,针对俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德和堪萨斯州共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔,根据首先与Semafor分享的一份声明。
The Scoop Tomorrow Together, an AI-focused Democratic PAC, is moving into Senate races with $2.5 million in ads against Republican Sens. Jon Husted in Ohio and Roger Marshall in Kansas, according to an announcement shared first with Semafor.
该组织由拜登白宫校友罗布·弗拉赫蒂和伯尼·桑德斯前发言人卡西克·加纳帕蒂创立,加纳帕蒂告诉Semafor,该组织“专注于建立对人工智能监管的政治支持,并确保选民信任民主党在人工智能议题上的立场”。
The group, founded by Biden White House alum Rob Flaherty and former Bernie Sanders spokesman Karthik Ganapathy, is “focused on building political support for AI regulation and ensuring voters trust Democrats on AI issues,” Ganapathy told Semafor.
在俄亥俄州和堪萨斯州投放的广告将赫斯特德和马歇尔描绘为受数据中心项目和“科技大佬”摆布,这些人想要“夺走我们的土地……我们的水……我们的宁静”以及工作岗位。另一则在俄亥俄州和堪萨斯州同时播放的广告聚焦于前特朗普人工智能事务沙皇、风险投资家大卫·萨克斯及其对共和党现任参议员的影响力。
The Ohio and Kansas ads paint Husted and Marshall as beholden to data center projects and “tech guys” who want to “take our land … our water … our quiet” and jobs. A second ad running in both Ohio and Kansas focuses on former Trump AI czar and venture capitalist David Sacks and his influence with the Republican incumbents.
广告称:“共和党给了萨克斯一份政府工作,推动人工智能数据中心并阻挠人工智能监管。萨克斯发了财。他的朋友们发了财。唯一的输家……是你。”
“Republicans gave Sacks a government job pushing AI data centers and blocking AI regulation. Sacks gets rich. His friends get rich. The only person who loses… is you,” the ad states.
Tomorrow Together此前已宣布在威斯康星州、亚利桑那州、宾夕法尼亚州和密歇根州的众议院竞选中投入400万美元。阿什利的观点多年来,对人工智能和技术的担忧一直在美国竞选政治的表面下酝酿,但直到最近才成为选民真正关切的日常议题。
Tomorrow Together previously announced $4 million in spending in House races in Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Ashley’s view Concerns about AI and technology have simmered under the surface of American campaign politics for years, but have never been a fully salient everyday issue for voters until lately.
民主党正试图调整其信息传递,以确保被视为在人工智能议题上更值得信任的一方,并将自己描绘为将通过人工智能监管的政党。在中期选举前夕决定介入竞争激烈的参议院竞选,表明民主党认为他们可以凭借这一论点打动关注人工智能的选民。
Democrats are trying to tune their messaging to ensure they are seen as more trustworthy on AI issues and paint themselves as the party that will pass AI regulation. The decision to jump into competitive Senate races just before the midterm elections shows that Democrats think they can break through to voters concerned about AI with this argument.
真正的考验将在于民主党何时重掌国会大权。如果该党想要应对人工智能监管,就需要团结其不同派系,并争取足够多的共和党人支持,而在仍反对监管的特朗普坐镇白宫的情况下,这是一项极其艰巨的任务。
The real test will come if and when Democrats gain back power in Congress. The party will need to unite its different factions and bring along enough Republicans if it wants to tackle AI regulation, a highly difficult feat with a regulation-opposed Trump still in the White House.
赫斯特德曾牵头推动一项法案,旨在解决人们对数据中心电力成本的担忧,但参议院民主党人表示该法案缺乏约束力,并在上个月阻止了其进入审议程序。
Notable Husted led a bill that aimed to address concerns over data center electricity costs, but Senate Democrats said it lacked teeth and blocked it from being considered last month.