By Freddie Hayward
Publication Date: 2026-04-22 15:23:00
Imagine Bernie Sanders sitting at a long table in a dark room across from an iPhone full of Claude. An eerie conversation follows in which the senator asks the AI engine what this technology is all about. The melodious female voice answers in the gloom: “Money, Senator. Basically, it’s about profit.” This is about man versus machine. The people against the oligarchy. The 84-year-old socialist, confronted with artificial intelligence, posts the result on YouTube. Welcome to political theater in 2026.
Few progressives are as attuned to how AI will reshape politics as the Vermont stalwarts. Viral Iranian Lego-inspired propaganda, a mad king in the Oval Office and that storm and stress a world at war – the politics of AI have been…