Meet SAM, world’s first AI politician that hopes to run for New Zealand election in 2020

[Abdullah719]

Scientists have developed the world’s first artificial intelligence politician, that can answer a person’s queries regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and immigration.

The virtual politician, called SAM, was created by Nick Gerritsen, a 49-year-old entrepreneur in New Zealand.

“There is a lot of bias in the ‘analogue’ practice of politics right now,” said Gerritsen.

“There seems to be so much existing bias that countries around the world seem unable to address fundamental and multiple complex issues like climate change and equality,” he said.

The AI politician is constantly learning to respond to people through Facebook Messenger as well as a survey on its homepage.

While Gerritsen acknowledges that humans biases can creep into algorithms, he said that he does not view bias as just a challenge to technology solutions

While the system is not perfect, it may still help bridge the growing political and cultural divide in many countries, ‘Tech In Asia’ reported.

By late 2020, when New Zealand has its next general election, Gerritsen believes SAM will be advanced enough to run as a candidate.

However, it is not legal for AI to contest elections.

“SAM is an enabler and we plan to operate within existing legal boundaries,” Gerritsen said.

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[maxamax]

Would be more useful than Mamnoon Hussain.

 

[big_gamer007]

And meanwhile we have Lalu's, Mulayam's, Karunanidhis etc still going on and will continue for next 50 years.

 

[Madplayer]

What if it is elected to power and malfunctions and asks the military to fire nukes or invade a country? AI is hard to predict.

 

[PetroDollars]

i think the more scary scenario is what if many other countries develop AI robot politians and they chat to each other in an unknown language and take over the world