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There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK
If it wins the UK general election, “AI Steve” will be represented by businessman Steve Endacott in Parliament. Endacott says he'll merely be a conduit, and the AI will make the policy decisions.
As the United Kingdom heads towards its elections next month, the country is seeing its first instance of a new kind of politician: an AI candidate. “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. “The only way to do that is to stop talking to the outside and get inside the tent and start actually changing policy.” When Endacott attempted to stand for office in years past, he said he felt like it was all about party jockeying, and worrying about which seats or districts were “safe,” rather than responding to the needs of real people.
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