An AI Bot Is (Sort of) Running for Mayor in Wyoming ( www.wired.com )

Victor Miller is running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with an unusual campaign promise: If elected, he will not be calling the shots—an AI bot will,” Wired reports.

“VIC, the Virtual Integrated Citizen, is a ChatGPT-based chatbot that Miller created. And Miller says the bot has better ideas—and a better grasp of the law—than many people currently serving in government.”

“Because it’s not legal for a bot to run for office, Miller says he is technically the one on the ballot, at least on the candidate paperwork filed with the state.”

SkybreakerEngineer ,

Good news, running straw candidates is also illegal

JoMiran ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

“I realized that this entity is way smarter than me, and more importantly, way better than some of the outward-facing public servants I see,”

I mean...he's not wrong.

Rapidcreek OP ,

Somewhere up there, Isaac Asimov is smiling.

That is actually is funny in a couple of ways.

SoupBrick ,

Nah, corpos wouldn't allow it unless the chatbot was capitalism biased.

NeptuneOrbit ,

I plan to copy my town in to Roller Coaster Tycoon and use it as a model for how to make choices for my successful mayoral campaign.

count_dongulus ,

Make the burger stand free 🇺🇸

davidgro ,

Too new school for me. SimCity 2000 is clearly designed to handle the challenges of running a 21st century city

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