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.”

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    “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.