Doesn't that just make the AI's creators the mayor? In this case it literally does because you can't vote for a robot so citizens must vote for the creator. But

Doesn't that just make the AI's creators the mayor? In this case it literally does because you can't vote for a robot so citizens must vote for the creator. But I personally think that it makes more sense to campaign as the person and make your platform about your system for making policy decisions via analytics. To claim the AI is the mayor and you are an independent third party is misleading about the effect the creator has since no AI has exhibited agency. I've only read the article, not more, so this campaign could be presented differently to the Japanese citizens than the article made it seem.