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> If you had a governance machine that made your country perform 10% better than other countries, so long as you deferred all decisions to it, you'd defer thos
by pjc50 2mo ago
> If you had a governance machine that made your country perform 10% better than other countries, so long as you deferred all decisions to it, you'd defer those decisions or get left behind.
This was basically the invention of bureaucracy by the Qin dynasty. Despite delegating decisions to a "machine" made out of people, the Emperor remained in charge.
- a2ff6eeb0 2mo agoIf by 'in charge' you mean listening exclusively to the machines and doing exactly what they say, there's a possibility of humans staying in charge. People may keep the titles but step away from the decisions. The British royal family is a great example -- they smile and wave and look cute. They're the government's pet cat. We can be like Tama, the Japanese station manager cat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)#/media/File:Station-Master_Tama.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)#/media/File:Station... Tama lived a very good life. If we get the AI right, we'll also do great. Common folks aren't really in charge of government anyways, so it's not such a great loss.