Zohran Mamdani tells WIRED there's a "real crisis of faith as to what is real right now." Read our full interview with the New York City mayor .
if technology was making democracy stronger or weaker.
You told me weaker in its current use.
Still weaker. Why? What stands out to you?
I have family members sending videos,
AI videos of me to me thinking that it's real.
I mean, it's not funny. I have a family member
who complimented me on a 45-minute debate
that I had with a European member of parliament.
And I watched the video, I was like, This is not me.
Apparently, I did. Apparently, I did well.
Defeated my European AI counterpart. But no, it wasn't real.
And I think that there is a real crisis of faith
And some of the application of it, it's lighthearted,
it's funny, but it is quite terrifying to think
that in an age of such little faith
how even that could be diminished further
by the application of this technology in that way.
