Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all
Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all Rob Beschizza 1:12 pm Sat Jul 25, 2026 Bill Oliver Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, delivered a rousing speech to last week. "One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices. Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points," he said, before continuing to detail "his" concerns.
- ▪Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all Rob Beschizza 1:12 pm Sat Jul 25, 2026 Bill Oliver Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, delivered a rousing speech to las
- ▪"One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices.
- ▪Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points," he said, before continuing to detail "his" concerns.
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Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all Rob Beschizza 1:12 pm Sat Jul 25, 2026 Bill Oliver Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, delivered a rousing speech to last week. "One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices. Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points," he said, before continuing to detail "his" concerns. At no point did he realize he was reading notes on the prompt from the LLM chatbot rather than the content of the speech it generated for him.
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