you, you even going to google map a, you still use your consciousness, your human intelligence, your national intelligence, you don't rely completely on the air. so similarly, when it comes to critical decision making strategies and emergency decision makings, you cannot trust at all because what decisions you are making, what it, why did the, the system, which is why did the entire nation as an yeah, i don't know what kind of defense being loaded and feed in, in that computer, which is and why is it the go bit of a nation and a one find a if this is promoting one, find it in time go. we will be, you know, in a 90 percent the government will be controlled by. yeah. so, so this is going to be a great threat to the nations and especially the nations who are dominating in technology development are going to live with the war and definitely is going to be one of the cost for the digital. well, ok, by a certainly does seem like an issue, but at mr. start donna, you mentioned google maps can. i also mentioned google per company alphabet. they lost a $100000000000.00 and market value after it's new. a i tech produced

a factual error one in its 1st demo. so to what extent can we really trust the system? is it just too new for now? is putting the cart before the horse is somebody you had to go through illusion process. those who are now, if you have seen that one a system is doing very well, other technology, other people tried to call it unable to do with that preseason. google will learn and come back. it's not that they haven't to last forever. say, well let me when you're talking ok, you're going to create their firewall to protect against again what don't know when you have a lot of those who are going to interfere with interview visions. what don't know when you have a pull it, each of those water caught up and taking it wrong. this isn't how you're blankenberg. and so i think from then if one i can't problem you're on the other side, you have a good option problem. if you have time, good if i like this or thing when it is, is always good. then why that out of misery. reason this was like the right people

ever got options, right? there's a in the 5th. so it is illogical to go say that humans are all right, and machines are always wrong. it is both sides evolution process. in people, it is a brand new system in computers, on an added system. it does the quoting, and i believe it was on the corner as though it won't even learn to love you definitely is there presently did. ok, melinda, what would you tell to perhaps romanian citizens who say, you know, we support this because i refuse aren't being listened to by and sleep deprived, harassed civil servants. and maybe this is a way for our hope center fears to finally get a nationwide audience. so they may support this. why are you against hearing their views? oh, i'm against the reuse because this we eventually going to them and there

are a new phase in human life. well, majority of the people are going to rely more on technology. and remember, one thing like, you know, technology is eventually the idea is eventually going to make humans weaker. it's going to create a more, you know, more accessible nations in their secret to says like, you know, a honda i do agree that it might be a source of lincoln collecting certain points. what they probably want to be a government officials to listen to them. it, it could be a medium to connect their problems with the government officials. but here the thing is, this is not just a medium. this a i, and robotic concept. the ai and a computer computer, the i computer, which is going to be an i'm acting go, meant and wiser. so unless it is just

a media where it collects the data from the public and it, but puts forward under the government official, it's pretty fine. but when it comes to decision making, it's not at all a good idea, mr. shadel, at where, depending on the time the last 20 seconds to you in this debate, if you wish he had at both ends. if you look into what has been said, then came the fax machine. people went on a straight. it is that the live thing the men bout, but we are talking of human. so in broader to do and now we are talking are really, i was, i think this, the radio conferencing society has improved or reduce point here is that it is your confidence level audio because of the logic or do you have a skill as a human being to utilize the technology for the benefit and to create value and welfare society. i think you can see it the dollars you will always be a to lots of food for thought from both of you just by thanks so much for your time

on your thoughts. we've been listening to feature start down, advocates of technology and legal expert, ultima lind, raj, a i and robotics engine in the year. thank you both right, you're welcome. now do the ever rising costs associated with elections and being elected mean those with the biggest pockets are going to be that people leading us increasingly going forward. and what hope for those without big donors, christie? i has been crunch the numbers culture and you show the cost of everything. the free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy, giving citizens a voice in their government in the most fundamental way. but our elections today truly free and fair, or how they evolved into a game of money politics as parties grow increasingly devices. i'm christy,

you're watching the cost of everything where today we're going to be taking a look at election. how much does it cost or countries to host election? what is all the money spent on and are they truly free and fair? the political spending in the us 2020 election total 14400000000 dollars, which is more than double the total cost of the previous record breaking 2016 election cycle. so where does all that money go? well, over half of it goes to media an advertising on television, radio news, outlet, web as and social media. about 15 percent of that goes towards fundraising efforts to bring in more donors and sponsors. 20 percent then goes towards administrative costs and salaries for the campaign. managers and consultants. and the last 12 percent goes towards the campaign expenses such as consulting event surveys. so in

2020, there was a total of $8500000000.00 spent on over $9300000.00 tv as radio and digital media. now, one can argue that this chunk of money was completely wasted as the us easily outspend every other country in the world. but without producing an election, that is in any way more fair or free a lot of spending, but very little substance as the exceptional amount of time and money does not produce in engaging democratic process. the u. s. rank near the bottom in terms of voter participation when compared with other developed nations. now in comparison, india's last general election cost $7000000000.00 with most of the project going towards social media as and travel. now when the relative population of both countries are taken into account 300000000 in the u. s. versus $1300000000.00 and india,

the per capita spending is way out of line with that of the world's largest democracy . now, in germany, campaigns only last 6 weeks, so while there is no limit on campaign contributions, there simply isn't enough time to run up a huge bill. parties are given air time on to public television networks and usually makes just 192nd ad to convey their message during those slots. meanwhile, and the u. k. election spending is strictly limited and each party cannot spend more than $30000000.00 pounds in the year before the election. now in the u. s, a big portion of this outrages budget comes from dark money, which is contributions from donors that remain hidden from the public. the amount of dark money, the u. s. spent in an off year was almost 3 times as much as the $30000000.00 pounds great britain spent and far more. let's bring in professor chara, taurus,

spell a, c author, and law professor at stetson law. so 1st, stop, how do you as election campaigns spend their money? so there are 2 ways of thinking about the cost of elections. one is the cost to administer elections and the estimated to be about $2000000000.00 for a general election. and the united states. cost of the federal action was over $14000000000.00. and why our elections so expensive and efficient and which countries have a better model? ah, the united states has expensive election administration because we have so many different entities that are administering elections. so we have a level of federal oversight which is actually quite small. most of election administration is ministered at a hyper,

a local level. so one way to think of the american election is that it's not just one election. it's really 10000 different elections running simultaneously. now it looks like there's been a decline in load or turn out in the us. what caused this and why are some voter turnout so much higher in other countries like singapore, with 95 percent turn out. so voter turnout was actually up in 2020. that was a very unique election. one of the things that res turned out in the 2020 election is states to rely voting rules to accommodate voters during the pandemic. but what states have done in the last 2 years is many of the same states that relaxed their rules in 2020 of tighten them again. now we saw an unprecedented

level of political ad spending and 2020. do you think this was an effective use of funds and does it set a precedent for future campaigns going forward? so in the area of campaign finance, nearly action has been more expensive than the previous presidential action. and we definitely saw that pattern in 2020, which was the most expensive federal election the united states has ever seen. so the trend of american elections costing more and more in terms of campaign finance is a trend that's continuing. it's hard to know how you measure efficiency in this context. i mean, you could look at the amount of money that is spent per vote. and the, the candidates, you end up spending the most per voter are the vanity

candidates. so for example, when connie west ran for president in 2020, he had one of the highest cost per voter because very few people ended up voting for him. even though he and his team, it's spent millions of dollars. but it's difficult to think of elections in terms of that type of efficiency because there are other values at stake including democratic values. so one of the reasons that we have such high spending in us elections is our supreme court thinks of money equalling speech. and under our 1st amendment, the supreme court has been unwilling to regulate, in a very serious way the, the expenditures that are made in our elections. and not all elections are fair. there are many cases of electoral fraud. voters suppression unbalanced campaign

finance rules and invalid access to media in what country or countries do we see the most of that? so one of the, i think really pernicious myths that persists about american elections, which was perpetuated by an ex president trump while he was president, is that there's ramp and voter fraud. this is a myth. and i, unfortunately millions of his followers believe the smith on. and so for example, after the 2020 election, there were only over 60 law suits that challenge boats in swing states in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. and the accusation was often that there was voter fraud, but in these court cases they could not prove any voter fraud. and voter fraud in reality is a really rare occurrence. you know,

every now and then you will get someone who's not qualified to vote voting. and occasionally you get some knuckleheads somewhere who tries to vote twice the people who try to vote twice. and people who vote when they are not qualified. usually get caught after the fact and prosecuted, but those prosecutions are more rare than being struck by lightning. so it's not a real problem in the united states, but the rhetoric around it would lead many americans to believe it is. and what exactly constitutes as voter fraud? well, so for example, in my state, in florida, and we are very strict rules on ex felons getting their voting rights back. and so if you are an ex felon, and you haven't done all of the steps to get your voting rights restored,

and you vote than that's in the legal vote. and so that is one of the examples of what could be prosecuted after the fact i, if someone votes when they're not allowed to vote. and then again, there have been examples here in florida. there's this place called the villages. it's very conservative. and a number of individuals in the villages were prosecuted for voting twice. and that is the type of voter frog we get. but that was essentially 3 individuals in the villages getting caught doing that out of millions of votes in the state of florida. thank you so much, professor char, taurus, spell a see for your time today. now one of my african elections, how much does it cost to run an election and some of the african nation and is the cost higher?

we'll have more after the break. ah, i look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order is a conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. at the point obviously is to create a truck rather than fit with various jobs with artificial intelligence. real, somebody with a robot must protect its own existence with

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if i'm not crazy enough, i'm not going to make it the welcome back. african elections are also remarkably expensive to run and yet they are very contested. between $22018.00, it is estimated that africa spent approximately $44000000000.00 on holding elections. countries in africa spend on average $4.50 per capita on their elections compared to the world average of $2.10 per person. now, while the u. s. s. cost is high due to ramp and spend the on ads and no limits from campaign donors. africa elections are expensive for a very different reason. lack of trust. the cost of running elections in africa has

been pushed up by low levels of trust in the electoral process to manage miss trust . some have turned to foreign companies to print out balance with expensive security features like those used on bank notes. others have procured costly electronic voting machines to minimize fraud, setting the taxpayer back. but unfortunately, the votes were still contested. kenya's 2022 election for instance, cost the state $370000000.00 to run, yet was still contested at the supreme court with the losing candidate alleging criminality. the countries, previous election in 2017 cost $500000000.00 and saw the presidential results nullified due to quote serious irregularities. so while countries in africa started opening up to democracy 3 decades ago, the region is still characterized by weak institutions, manipulation of electoral law. and serious limitations of civil and political

rights. all of that contributes to low level of trust in a fair and free election. and voters and candidates do not believe in the institutions, processes and structures behind an election. then there is little that a new high tech, innovative moni machines that can do to help and for more or less bring in reginald strasser, king journalist and senior producer at sierra leon broadcasting corporation. so reginald, what is the cost of elections in other countries and how does that compare with that of the us? why do you see in our system what we're doing? these are to be, you know, a mentor. you mentioned the look of caution elections. and so it's a combined connections for all of these representatives and then in for you and i would love to know the next presentation of generations. cost of. busy

$28000000.00 on average of $20000000.00 on the government. the government contribution was about $11000000.00 and the rest in the international community here. and you see that kind of murder. i didn't know whether you guys, because you're saying in america as to australia, a lot of these lectures rather than having a single presidential election, i want to talk now how our elections run in other countries to keep on getting days off and what kind of laws either surrounding election days. let me rephrase my answer to that question that our initial system is governed by the 1st before the constitution and then the various enjoy all the while you have to

the, the joint commission of. busy for i knew which superintendents or supervisors the lecture which overseas the missions now coming to representation. we are going to cut a, what are the candidates for the dimensions for the presidential problem, mentee us, one of the classes and read, you know, believe and electra electra electra is and to teach all representatives. she come from religious groups all from tribe. no, we don't believe that, but we believe in additions based on a membership to a project or somebody, be independent, ready. you are destroyed probably in the us, you all the republicans and democrats,

and then on to say a prelim can on the last time she brought to reach linda, what happened to river, but here in syria, re em all the tang political parties. but this 2 strongest, ah, the other people, scott with abc under the s and p o box with the strategy was part. these are the 2 strongest projects here. of course, in recent times have been challenged by a pm to see like the and all the rest of what sounds like maybe the kind of same goes a boost proxy fell on strip godson that, ah, seems to be suffering from m resolution. and now there is a growing we're calling to prohibit machine loading and mission counting ballots and feature elections. and instead revert back to hands counting. what do you make

of these concerns and i, they valid? well, i low and the lectures commission is vice hazardous one's ability of supervising the lectures. and we have lectures, observers ah, form from the internet from. busy i can look a little as well as in the international community as well. remember, i told you that we have a blank on the open, you know, the british government to the american government. you know, the, did all said electro represent. electra observe. united nation is this in the next out of there to see, to monitor relations. but again on whether this election ah monitor to the 80. when it auto renew that up to the last continent,

the declaration of the reserves and civil it's a finish. but then, and sometimes you are put to lecture disagree. yeah, i'm one of those. the lashley does a sacrifice and the observers by their bags and leave the aggrieved posse. if it's so in class, we'll decide to take the bottle to the court for a legal room. if be cut off because of one reason other than some, uh huh. back to disease. we know it's very much, but to venture a guess on that mindset of change and elections have gone more and more polarized and recent years, it was very evident in the recent u. s. election. and is also now the brazilian election. why hasn't gone so

polarized and contentious? well, i didn't. well, i know these are all a world just because you know, i will watch the emergency drama, drama, and bush laura, on sunday. and then i got the judge brown's mom was just gotten on was really a supportive baby johnson with a republican supportive injections. i don't think we're going to go to look good. thank you so much. reginald strasser, king journalist and senior producer at sierra leon broadcasting corporation for coming on today. it's easy to see who wins and inexpensive election cycle. the

party with a bigger check, as big money and super packs dominate the u. s. political campaigns. it stars to drown out the voices of ordinary americans. in a democracy, politicians are expected to represent each person equally, regardless of their financial status. the principle of one person, one vote means that no matter who we are regardless of education, housing, or financial status that they will be heard. however, money and politics complicates this idealistic system. when organizations donate a large contribution to the campaigns, that politician is more inclined to be responsive to that organizations needs. now this puts the voices of every day citizens at a disadvantage. the same is true in africa where money talks, but citizens are aware of this unfair disadvantage and they do not trust the body system. increasingly, economic and political inequalities are interlaced,

leaving many americans poor and voiceless. the u. s. now has some of the lowest rates of upward mobility in any developed country in the world. so while the us as a self appointed champion of democracy, maybe it is time for it to learn from other countries on how to run a truly free and fair election. solutions would include tighter limits on contributions candidates can directly receive greater transparency of who pays for political ads and disclosing all donors and stopping the flow of dark money. i'm christy, i. thanks for watching. and we'll see you right back here next time on the cost of everything with at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to

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