Politician reads AI stage directions as official speech

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 08/07/2026 - 16:18

A Progressive Conservative MLA and former Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly accidentally reads ChatGPT’s stage directions out loud during an official speech. No pause, no correction, no one stops him. This isn’t a glitch, it’s a stark look at the outsourcing of political thought to AI. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth explains why when elected officials treat chatbot output (including the instructions) as official record, the future of representation looks a lot darker.

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