Will AI politicians replace real politicians?

Political candidates run by artificial intelligence are becoming more and more common.

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Would you vote for a politician who could have a conversation with 45,000 different constituents at the same time? Well, voters in Brighton Pavilion in the United Kingdom recently had the opportunity to vote for AI Steve, the first candidate to run for Parliament supposedly controlled by artificial intelligence. AI Steve is actually the brainchild of entrepreneur Steve Endacott, and acted as a virtual double for himself that can supposedly be there for voters when he physically can’t.

But AI Steve isn’t the first political candidate entirely made from AI. A dude from New Zealand introduced the world’s first virtual politician two years ago. Four years before that, an AI candidate ran to be president of Russia against Vladimir Putin. And this year, another dude tried to run an AI Bot for mayor of an American city.

An AI politician? I’m pretty sure that was an episode of Black Mirror, wasn’t it?