Despite the fact that the electoral process is still years
away and no official candidates have even been announced, a simulation exercise
conducted with artificial intelligence has generated a wave of comments on
digital platforms. The hypothetical forecast presents possible outcomes for the
2028 US presidential election and has circulated widely on social media and
YouTube.
The projection was created using Grok, a chatbot developed
by xAI, a company linked to entrepreneur Elon Musk. According to reports, a
YouTube channel asked the system to generate a simulated electoral scenario
based on a list of hypothetical candidates from the country's two main
political parties.
The model not only produced a projected overall result, but
also broke down hypothetical trends state by state, created a map of the
Electoral College, and estimated overall popular vote figures for each figure
included in the exercise. Although it is a simulation with no real predictive
value—since it depends entirely on initial assumptions and parameters
configured by the requester—the level of detail caught the attention of users
interested in the intersection of technology and politics.
Electoral analysis specialists emphasize that these types of
simulations should be interpreted as theoretical exercises rather than reliable
predictions. Political dynamics can change drastically in a matter of months,
and even more so over a multi-year horizon. However, the episode reflects the
growing prominence of artificial intelligence tools in the public discourse and
their ability to generate content that influences political debate even before
formal processes begin.