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How long until we get AI politicians? All over the world, the human ones provably suck[1], we need something better. It's no longer a metaphor that democracy ha

by seydor 3y ago

How long until we get AI politicians? All over the world, the human ones provably suck[1], we need something better. It's no longer a metaphor that democracy has failed, it really has. 1 https://www.weforum.org/videos/trust-in-governments-is-declining-and-people-are-looking-to-businesses-to-fill-the-gap https://www.weforum.org/videos/trust-in-governments-is-decli...

e2le 3y ago
I doubt their proprietary AI replacements would be much of an improvement, who controls the AI?
- squarefoot 3y ago
  The point isn't to be an improvement, but to create an entity that can get all the blame for free, to be then replaced by the same entity with a different face and voice.
- seydor 3y ago
  a simplistic reading of that poll is that people think corporate AIs are better than governments now.
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    That may be true for now, because generative AI models are still at the "look at all the cool things we can do" stage of development. But like all new technology, they'll soon reach the value engineering stage - when they'll be "optimized" by removing quality, cutting corners, and papering deficiencies over with marketing, until - like all inventions before - they'll become the worst possible version of a product the vendors can still call "fit for purpose" without being laughed out off the court. Enjoy it while it lasts, but try not to make anything critically dependent on it, as soon enough, we'll all be regretting being stuck with the inferior facsimile, victims to the usual market bait&switch.
psychlops 3y ago
Not sure why you are downvoted, I think you bring up a good point about AI politicians. Although, if you think democracy has "failed" you should see how much worse the next best solutions are.
- chasd00 3y ago
  > Although, if you think democracy has "failed" you should see how much worse the next best solutions are. reminds me of the demotivator "Government: if you think our problems are bad just wait until you see our solutions!"

by seydor 3y ago

e2le 3y ago

I doubt their proprietary AI replacements would be much of an improvement, who controls the AI?

squarefoot 3y ago
The point isn't to be an improvement, but to create an entity that can get all the blame for free, to be then replaced by the same entity with a different face and voice.
seydor 3y ago
a simplistic reading of that poll is that people think corporate AIs are better than governments now.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  That may be true for now, because generative AI models are still at the "look at all the cool things we can do" stage of development. But like all new technology, they'll soon reach the value engineering stage - when they'll be "optimized" by removing quality, cutting corners, and papering deficiencies over with marketing, until - like all inventions before - they'll become the worst possible version of a product the vendors can still call "fit for purpose" without being laughed out off the court. Enjoy it while it lasts, but try not to make anything critically dependent on it, as soon enough, we'll all be regretting being stuck with the inferior facsimile, victims to the usual market bait&switch.

psychlops 3y ago

Not sure why you are downvoted, I think you bring up a good point about AI politicians. Although, if you think democracy has "failed" you should see how much worse the next best solutions are.

chasd00 3y ago
> Although, if you think democracy has "failed" you should see how much worse the next best solutions are. reminds me of the demotivator "Government: if you think our problems are bad just wait until you see our solutions!"