Context :
An AI Bot Is
(Sort of) Running for Mayor in Wyoming
Extract :
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.
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.
“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,” he says.
According to
Miller, VIC will make the decisions and Miller will be its “meat puppet,” attending
meetings, signing documents, and otherwise doing the corporeal job of running
the city.
But whether
VIC—and Victor—will be allowed to run at all is still an open question.
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.
When Miller went to register his candidacy
at the county clerk’s office, he says, he “wanted to use Vic without my last
name. And so I had read the statute, so it merely said that you have to print
what you are generally referred to as. So you know, most people call me Vic. My
name is Victor Miller. So on the ballot Vic is short for Victor Miller, the
human.”
There’s
an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK …
Extract :
As the United Kingdom heads toward its elections next
month, the country is seeing its first instance of a new kind of politician: an AI candidate.
AI Steve, an avatar of real-life Steven Endacott, a Brighton-based businessman, is
running for Parliament as an Independent.
Voters will be able to cast their ballots for AI
Steve, as well as ask policy positions or raise issues of their own. AI Steve will
then incorporate suggestions and requests into its platform.
Endacott will be the in-person representative
attending meetings and parliamentary sessions on behalf of AI Steve. He says
that he sees AI Steve as
a way to allow for a more direct form of democracy. “We are actually, I
think, reinventing politics using AI as a technology base, as a copilot,
not to replace politicians but to really connect them into their audience, their constituency,”
says Endacott.
Currently, AI Steve is mistakenly listed on the
ballot as Steve AI, which Endacott is working to correct.
AI Steve was designed by Neural Voice, an AI voice company of
which Endacott is the chair.
According to Jeremy Smith, the company’s cofounder,
AI Steve can have up to
10,000 conversations at once.
“A key element is creating your own database of
information,” says Smith. “And how to inject customer data into it.”
My Take :
Ø VotersWill …………………………………. 03 Nov 2018
Extract :
Dear Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasadji,
Through your mobile app UMANG , in a short span of one year , you have
managed to deliver some 313 services , through 69 apps in 17 states
Very commendable !
Now how about modifying UMANG in following way :
· Links users’ Mobile phones with their
respective MPs / MLAs
· Flash on the voters’ mobiles , each proposed resolution requiring voting by MP
/ MLA
· Enables each Voter to “ direct / instruct “ his / her MP , to vote “ for “ or
“ against “
· Aggregates “ FOR / AGAINST “
votes polled by UMANG from all voters,
# MP ( or
MLA ) wise
# Party-wise
# Overall (
for all Members put together )
· Publish these results on the web
sites of Lok Sabha / Parties / MPs and MLAs
Irrespective of weather the majority of the voters desired “ FOR “ or “ AGAINST “
any given resolution, voters
the party to which he / she belongs
But at least this mechanism would provide the MPs / MLAs / Parties ,
a QUANTIFIED MEASURE of
the wishes of
their wishes
And the voters will get an opportunity to question their elected
representatives !
Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,
If it is not possible to modify UMANG as suggested above , I urge BJP to develop
such an App ( to be called , VotersWill ? ) on its own
and launch it by next month
That will be a proof of BJP’s desire / willingness to concretize
its concepts of :
· From Main to Hum
· Subka Saath, Subka Vikas
Immediate launch of VotersWill , will convince the 900 million voters that BJP
holds itself answerable /
opposition
It is only through such conviction / trust that BJP can hope for 400 + seats in
2019 !
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai / 16
June 2024
Related Readings :
Ø Virtual
Parliament : a COVID bye-product ? .. ………………………02 June 2020
Extract :
Congratulations , Mr Naidu and Mr Birla :
For this “Out of the Box “ thinking to turn COVID threat into an opportunity , by
streamlining the running of the Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha sessions
With Virtual
Parliament sessions, you can do following :
Ø Online broadcast of Virtual Session through a Mobile App
( LokRaj ? )
Ø Receive
Questions / Answers / Notices , online ( as being done already )
viewers to cast their “ Ratings “ online / instantly , as each speaker delivers his /
her speech. Dynamically display “ No of Raters “ and “ Rating Score ( 1 to 5 ) “ .
Such an “ Instant Feedback “ will dramatically improve , not only behaviour
of each Member of Parliament, but also improve the “ Relevance “ of his
talk
Ø Turn-off the member’s mike if he refuses to stop or starts shouting / abusing
Ø No question of
anyone speaking “out of turn “ or rushing to the well of the house !
# Attendance
percentage / Punctuality
# No
of questions asked
# Number
of minutes spoken during the session
ADDENDUM :
How about having the Lok Sabha being “ attended “ by 3D VOLUMETRIC
HOLOGRAMS of our 543 Members of
The phenomenal increase in the PRODUCTIVITY of Lok Sabha will pay for installing
the hologram generating equipment at the residence / office of each and every
MP !
