Uncanny ads and partisan chatbots: AI toys with San Francisco politics San Francisco's political experiment with artificial intelligence has begun, with AI-generated ads and partisan chatbots already permeating civic discourse, according to a report on the city's early adoption of the technology in politics. San Francisco’s political experiment with the technology has only just begun. But it’s already permeating civic discourse. Uncanny ads and partisan chatbots: AI toys with San Francisco politics