Skip to content
Ready for Chatbot Canvassers? episode artwork

Dec 12, 2025 26 min

Ready for Chatbot Canvassers?

from What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

The good news is voters are more persuaded by factual claims than emotional appeals or appeals to fear. But the bad news is that A.I. chatbots, trying to convince you, will keep making factual claims long after it runs out of actual facts. Guest: David Rand, professor of information science, marketing and psychology at Cornell University Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

Ready for Chatbot Canvassers?

0:00 26:38

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future?

This episode is 26 minutes long.

When was this What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future episode published?

This episode was published on December 12, 2025.

Can I download this What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.