PKD predicted this in the 1963 short story Stand-By, with President Unicephalon 40-D.
At this point, in any case, who would want to prevent it? Even GPT-5 -- hell, even Grok -- would make a better president than any human politician. They'd avoid absurd stunts like tariffs, would be immune to bribes and graft, etc...
PKD predicted this in the 1963 short story Stand-By, with President Unicephalon 40-D.
At this point, in any case, who would want to prevent it? Even GPT-5 -- hell, even Grok -- would make a better president than any human politician. They'd avoid absurd stunts like tariffs, would be immune to bribes and graft, etc...
Wouldn't that depend on who programs/configures/"tweaks" the AI?
Haven't we seen crazy results, and after tweaking, "bespoke" (as in "This is what I would say") results.
It's software .... you know the rest.
Asking sincerely.
And what happens when you remove human weaknesses, such as love of Smoot-Hawley and days gone by, gunboat diplomacy (literally), greed, etc?
If it reduces creativity, etc, won't we have to argue with it (Landru)[0] to moderate its power or self-destruct?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons
I'd take ELIZA, or even Microsoft Tay, over the current President.
https://archive.ph/yFgoS