Flávio Bolsonaro's ally blames ChatGPT for letter saying “president-elect”
Paulo Figueiredo says that the tool wrote the text published by the senator, who changed the expression in the revised version about an hour later.
BY THE X-TRADER NEWS NEWSROOM · REPORTING FROM MONEY TIMES · 3 MIN
A close ally of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) attributed to ChatGPT the text of a letter published by the former candidate who presented himself as the “elected president” of Brazil. According to Money Times, the statement was made by Paulo Figueiredo on Thursday (29/10), and the episode became a public embarrassment for the political group in the middle of a dispute over the results of the polls.
According to the same report, Figueiredo stated that the artificial intelligence tool wrote the excerpt of the letter. The problem is that the expression contradicts the result of the second round, won by Lula by more than 4 million votes, with Flávio's defeat confirmed at the polls.
The case occurs at a time of tension. On Wednesday (28/10), Flávio alleged fraud in the voting in the second round, held the previous Sunday, without presenting any evidence. The letter with the wrong title was published in this context.
About an hour after publishing the letter, Flávio deleted it and posted a revised version. In it, the expression “president-elect” was changed to “leader of Brazil”, according to Money Times.
Even with the correction, the senator stated that the error did not change his view that the election was illegitimate, according to the report. The statement keeps the discussion about the fairness of the election at the center of the debate, and not just the writing flaw.
For those who follow the economic agenda, the relevant point is not the use of the tool, but the insistence on contesting the result without presenting evidence. A country that depends on predictability in the rules of the game needs electoral challenges to be dealt with in the appropriate instances, and not in publications on the networks.
What changes for the investor
Questions about the legitimacy of an election tend to increase the perception of institutional risk, and investors tend to look cautiously at assets linked to exchange rates and interest rates when the political environment becomes noisier. So far, the case appears as an episode of image degradation, with no concrete effect on the conduct of economic policy. What should be observed is whether the contestation progresses to institutional actions and whether the next government's fiscal agenda gains clarity, because this is what sustains the confidence of those who invest in the country.
Automatically translated from Portuguese.
