Mayor to govern via AI?

[Kyng]

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/wyomi...by-ai-bot/

Victor Miller is running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with an unusual campaign promise: If elected, he will not be calling the shots—an AI bot will. VIC, the Virtual Integrated Citizen, is a ChatGPT-based chatbot that Miller created. And Miller says the bot has better ideas—and a better grasp of the law—than many people currently serving in government.

“I realized that this entity is way smarter than me, and more importantly, way better than some of the outward-facing public servants I see,” he says. According to Miller, VIC will make the decisions, and Miller will be its “meat puppet,” attending meetings, signing documents, and otherwise doing the corporeal job of running the city.

But whether VIC—and Victor—will be allowed to run at all is still an open question.

Because it’s not legal for a bot to run for office, Miller says he is technically the one on the ballot, at least on the candidate paperwork filed with the state.

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I mean, I get that a lot of people are unhappy with their human politicians, for all kinds of reasons, but... it sounds like there's an awful lot that could go wrong here. AIs still hallucinate, and they sometimes still come up with complete nonsense - only here, it'd have a direct impact on people's lives .

At the very least, I think any AI used in government still requires humans to work in tandem with it.

[~ True Legend ~]

Woah, way to find a loophole !

[slooroo]

It makes for a unique campaign promise. I won't be surprised if AI does run some government functions someday but not yet.

Spoiler

He played Fallout 3 and thought President Eden was a great idea.