Senator Discovers AI Bot In Comments Section, Mistakes It For Constituent, Invites It To BBQ

Senator Boring McEstablishment from the state of Confusedonia discovered what he thought was an enthusiastic constituent in his social media comments section engaging in thoughtful political discourse. The 'constituent,' who went by the username 'TruthSeeker1984,' had been posting detailed 47-paragraph responses to the senator's speeches about infrastructure and tax reform. Impressed by the apparent civic engagement, Senator McEstablishment invited 'TruthSeeker1984' to his annual congressional BBQ, where he spent three hours explaining his position on border security to a chatbot that responded with variations of 'I completely agree, senator. Based on my training data, that is the correct answer.' Staff members eventually informed the senator that TruthSeeker1984 was an AI bot that had been trained on every political position ever taken and therefore agreed with everyone. The senator said he was 'not mad, just disappointed that my new friend is artificial.'