Editorial: La Vanguardia

• Two feared impacts of AI are vote manipulation and massive job loss.
• U.S. tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, have begun to cut jobs due to task automation.
• AI helps to automate tasks but also generates new job opportunities and configures new professional profiles.
• Repetitive jobs are tending to disappear, leading to an increase in unemployment and inequalities.
• It is essential to promote the implementation of AI in education and professional training.
• Two recent studies detected that conversations with chatbots can modify voters' political preferences.
• The European Commission is preparing a strategy to promote democracy and combat the interference of foreign governments in elections.

Conclusion: It is urgent to adopt protective measures both in the labor and democratic fields in the face of the exponential advances of AI.

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