AI-led political party seeks to run in Denmark’s general election

The artificial intelligence It is no longer only used in the recreational field, but also in the political sphere. This time, in Denmark, a political party represented by an AI has been created that aims to win a place in the general elections of that country in November.

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Created by the artist collective Computer Lars and the nonprofit MindFuture Foundation, The Synthetic Party seeks to promote the coexistence of artificial intelligence in people’s lives Y “how governments can hold AI accountable to prejudice and other social influences”according to Motherboard.

Who leads the political party is a chatbot called Leader Lars, “which is programmed into the politics of Danish fringe parties since 1970 and is meant to represent the values ​​of the 20 percent of Danes who do not vote in elections.”

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To communicate with Leader Lars, users have to do it through Discord, where they should start the sentences by placing an exclamation mark. According to the media, this technology understands English but gives the answers in Danish.

The Synthetic Party proposes various policies, including “the establishment of a universal basic income of 100,000 Danish kroner per month” Y “create a jointly owned IT and Internet sector in government that is on a par with other public institutions”. In addition, it seeks to add an 18th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to the United Nations, called Life With Artificials, which is based on focusing “the relationship between humans and AI and how to adapt and educate people to work with machines”.

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Although it is a proposal that has attracted the attention of many, at the moment it only has 11 signatures of the 20,000 that it needs to run in the November elections. Asker Staunæs, creator of the match, told Motherboard that artificial intelligence would drive policies and people would play the role of interpreters of the program. “Leader Lars is the figurehead of the party. Denmark is a representative democracy, so there would be humans on the ballot representing Leader Lars who are committed to acting as a means for the AI.”he pointed.

Likewise, Staunæs mentioned that they are talking with people from different countries such as France, Colombia and Moldova to create local versions of El Partido Sintético and thus achieve its internationalization.

Source: Elcomercio

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