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San Francisco Chronicle skeptical of AI plan in controller race

Original: I’m looking through the various election endorsements, and sometimes one sentence is all I need. The San Francisco Chron

The San Francisco Chronicle, in its election endorsements for California State Controller, voiced skepticism about a candidate's proposal to use artificial intelligence for real-time oversight, saying doubts about its feasibility were enough to judge the bid. The remark is being shared as an example of how a single sentence in a newspaper endorsement can settle a voter's mind about a candidate.

Why now: Election endorsement season draws attention when a major newspaper offers a blunt one-line critique of a candidate's platform.

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• I’m looking through the various election endorsements, and sometimes one sentence is all I need. The San Francisco Chronicle, writing about a candidate for State Controller: We’re skeptical of the feasibility of his proposal to use artificial intelligence to create a real-time… · jeridansky@sfba.social · 15

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