While the United States Congress suffers from a general lack of intelligence on the conservative side of the aisle, the UK Parliament could get its first AI member after the next general election, NBC News reports. The candidate “AI Steve” wants to represent Brighton and Hove, a city on England’s southern coast, and will be represented in the physical form by Steve Endacott, a local businessman who vows to let his AI counterpart make all his voting decisions.
“AI Steve is the AI co-pilot,” Endacott explained. “I’m the real politician going into Parliament, but I’m controlled by my co-pilot.” The system, represented by an avatar that looks like a healthier Doug Burgum, takes information and questions in and then processes the information to determine policies. If it doesn’t have a pre-existing policy, it will solicit information from users.
AI Steve isn’t the first AI candidate; a wily American in Wyoming put the AI creation VIC on the ballot for mayor of Cheyenne, vowing the AI bot will make all key decisions in office.