AI And 2027: Who Answers When Technology Gets It Wrong

A voice message arrives on election morning. It sounds like an INEC official announcing that voting has been postponed. A woman in Mbiama, Kontagora, Ife or Ogoja, having arranged transport and prepared to queue, stays home. The message is false. By the time she discovers the truth, voting has ended.
Elsewhere, a fabricated video appears to show a candidate insulting a community. Anger spreads faster than the correction. Even after the deception is exposed, resentment remains.
These situations are hypothetical, but the danger is clear: an election can be distorted without altering a ballot. Misinformation can mislead people about when to vote, whom to trust, or what happened at their ...