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Neil P.'s avatar

There was a time when newspapers would pose questions to candidates (even if it was only to state their platform) and publish the answers. Though it wasn't live and we don't know who wrote the answers, it was better than the tiktok i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶action that we get today.

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Justin Ling's avatar

Funny enough, papers still do this. But the responses sent in by politicians may as well be written by ChatGPT.

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Lisa Fast's avatar

ChatGPT would probably write better responses! No ego to protect, no base to play to, no ‘say-nothing’, ‘commit-to-nothing’ games. In fact if PP and the GOP kind of cynical attack politics wins the day, I might end up voting for an AI over them.

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Neil P.'s avatar

Unfortunately, I live in a print desert (Thank you, Torstar)

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