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Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka now expresses fear in usage of Artificial Intelligence AI mechanisms during the next general election.
Speaking on Tuesday, December 3, at a multi-sectoral forum on the use of Artificial Intelligence in elections, the former Vice President said, this could open up other secretive ways of interfering with poll results.
“But AI also poses serious challenges. Badly used, AI-generated content and material have been found to close the gap between what is real and what is fake. Together with all the advantages, AI has also opened up the world to fakery and quackery. We are said to be living in the Post-Truth Age. When the ingredients of this age are infused into electoral processes, they can only spell distaste.”
Though he admitted that good AI applications could elevate the level of transparency in any electronic electoral process, Kalonzo said this can be misused by IT engineers to give a wrong outcome.
“AI is at once an opportunity and a challenge. Used well, AI can make the electoral processes faster, more secure, and more scientifically verifiable and acceptable by all parties,” Kalonzo observed.
In addition, Mr. Musyoka, who is arguably the harshest critic of the Kenya Kwanza government, subtly lamented on the delays in the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), two years before the general elections.
