Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Joseph Robinette Jr. chatted with almost everyone for a while, then walked over to Chen Yiran, glanced around, and whispered, "Fred Sears has already told me he appreciates your support for the Delaware Community Foundation. Of course, I'm more interested in the role of that technology you mentioned in elections."

The Delaware Community Foundation mentioned here is a long-established local foundation. Its current CEO, Fred Sears, is the son of Joseph Robinette Jr., a close friend for decades.

Joseph Robinette Jr.'s younger siblings have spent their lives doing various community charity work, receiving salaries from different community foundations. There's a lot of room for maneuver here; if you simply give them more money, there will be problems.

But if a donor is spending money hoping the community will conduct a survey on the underprivileged in Delaware, and that project happens to be awarded to Joseph Robinette Jr.'s younger siblings, then that makes perfect sense.

Chen Yiran was quite familiar with Joseph Robinette Jr., after all, he was a celebrity from Delaware.

Even in his most desperate times, he still had many supporters, especially the residents of Delaware.

Because Joseph Robinette Jr. basically lived by his words, perfectly embodying the American principle of helping one's own people regardless of right or wrong throughout his life.

He was a true family man. To ensure his child recovered better after the car accident, he didn't bring the child to Washington while he was a senator. Instead, he commuted four hours every day between the two cities, a routine he maintained for twenty years.

So when he resolutely signed the document pardoning his youngest son before leaving office, although many people from both parties criticized him, many more people silently praised him.

So if you want to win over Joseph Robinette Jr., you have to give his relatives some benefits first. Of course, if you want Joseph Robinette Jr. to be more attentive, you have to rely on your skills.

Chen Yiran placed the can of cola he was holding on the table: "What would Mr. Joseph Robinette like to know?"

Joseph Robinette Jr. glanced at Coke and laughed: "You can't even drink alcohol yet, and you've already reached this position. Impressive."

Tell me about the impact of that technology on the election; we're already taking it very seriously. Our election team this time has a group codenamed "The Cave," which found a warehouse in Chicago and gathered more than fifty data scientists, statisticians, and engineers.

Of course, what they did wasn't as amazing as what Lucian and I did. It was simply a matter of compiling online data, like Facebook likes and census statistics, and then sending emails to our supporters urging them to go out and vote.

Chen Yiran nodded: "Doing this now is enough, but the situation will be very different in the next election. I think the election will become a competition of algorithms on servers among a group of engineers. Whoever can understand this first will win the election."

"The current presidential election is a bunch of political consultants buying GG time slots on TV. When the next cycle starts, the election will become a bunch of engineers running algorithms on servers. Whoever understands this first, whoever is better prepared, will win."

Joseph Robinette Jr. didn't respond, waiting for him to continue.

Chen Yiran drew a horizontal line on the table with his index finger.

"The first change will be in election campaigning. Currently, televised campaigning is done by state, which is not very targeted. Everyone in the same state sees the exact same campaign. But the future campaigning system will be more targeted. People in the same state will have different campaigns tailored to their race and education level."

The second change will be in news distribution. Currently, we see news based on editorial choices, newspaper front pages, and NBC's programming at 7 PM. Soon, most people will first encounter a report not through editors, but through a recommendation algorithm.

The algorithm doesn't care whether the report is fair or not; it cares about your emotional reaction after you click on it. The speed at which anger spreads is unprecedented, and the information cocoon will become even more severe.

The algorithm will tell you how to get votes and will know what you do. Of course, there's nothing you can do if you can't fulfill some promises, since the algorithm only cares about voting.

So the third change that followed was the spread of misinformation.

Nowadays, fake news is debunked by newspapers. The next day, the newspaper says, "What that person said yesterday was false," and by the third day, everyone has forgotten about it.

In the future, fake news will be precisely pushed to those most willing to believe it by algorithms. One hundred retired workers living in the same county in Ohio, seeing a news report on their phone homepage that candidate A is planning to cut their pensions, will be more worried and more likely to spread it.

They were all carefully selected, the most likely to believe this rumor. Even if it's debunked, it doesn't matter; the next news story can be written as candidate A feeling guilty and withdrawing their previous plans.

In the final election, they dared not gamble; out of fear, they would actively vote for A's opponent.

Joseph Robinette Jr. fell silent. Although these methods seemed no different from what they had done before, he knew that the speed of the internet was too fast, and the spread of information was far beyond what elections in his time could achieve. The development of technology was also terrifying; Chen Yiran's words made him somewhat apprehensive, as if elections could also be quantified.

Chen Yiran didn't stop. He glanced around and then whispered, "And most importantly, information security will become even more important in the future. I'm not saying this to be mean, but I don't think that politicians these days have all received adequate information security training."

If someone with malicious intent were to secretly cause trouble and steal confidential documents, it could be quite alarming. In this regard, I recommend Oracle; their encrypted database is quite robust.

"Are you blatantly trying to get business for your friend? You know, even if we were to choose, we wouldn't choose Oracle."

"Suit yourself, but if you don't do these things, the Republicans will."

Joseph Robinette Jr. squinted and asked, "I don't think they're that keen on embracing new technology."

Chen Yiran smiled somewhat arrogantly: "You know that Ellison is my friend, so it's not convenient for me to make this money, but he can invest in a few consulting firms."

Of course, the Democratic Party can choose its own players. But you need to know who's currently in charge of deep learning.

Ultimately, all those features we mentioned will come down to who has the best technology. My technology can ensure a better understanding of user psychology, which is essential for supporting programmatic Google Ads campaigns.

This isn't like Google's consumer-grade Google Analytics; it's real, deep-level data computing. It combines voters' individual social media activity, statements, and third-party data.

"Will it be available in 2016?"

Chen Yiran knew that Joseph Robinette Jr. actually wanted to run for office in 2016, but the death of his eldest son from brain cancer in 2015 dealt him a heavy blow, directly affecting his preparations for running for office, and he ultimately chose to withdraw from the race.

But now, this bait is enough to entice Joseph Robinette Jr. to take the bait.

"It will be useful. You can find a familiar team to do this, as long as they are not from Google. For technical support, you can contact Apple. I can promise you that you may not get better technology than the Republicans, but you won't be any worse than them."

Joseph Robinette Jr. understood; this was an attempt to have his cake and eat it too, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out a way to do it.

This is the prisoner's dilemma: neither side can guarantee that the other won't take the bait, so they can only grit their teeth and bite the hook to ensure they don't fall behind technically.

"Yes, I will promote this within the Party, set up a dedicated company, and incidentally create an internal election tool. As for the technical requirements, I will contact Apple if needed."

"Don't worry, I can handle the Democratic Party's side with Apple's acquisition of Disney. But I have one extra request; you have to do me a favor."

Chen Yiran nodded: "You said you would help if you could, we are alumni."