Commonwealth Policy Center

To what extent should artificial intelligence (AI) be involved in our politics? Consider Steven Miller a candidate for mayor in Wyoming. But his campaign differs from most. Miller promises not to make decisions but let his Chat-GPT-based AI, VIC, make all the choices for him. This isn’t isolated. In England, Steven Endacott is running for Parliament and he promises to follow the instruction of AI Steve. Both candidates believe AI makes better decisions than imperfect humans, so AI should help lead the government. The Federalist Papers say, “A dependence on the people, is no doubt, the primary control on the government” (No. 51). But in this case, it looks like elections are more dependent on AI than accountability to the voters.