The Perfect Politician

Ideas for integrating AI into politics are now emerging and advancing at accelerating pace. This chapter highlights a few different varieties and shows how they reflect different assumptions about the value of democracy. We cannot make informed decisions about which, if any, proposals to pursue with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Lechterman, Theodore
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:IE
Repositorio:Repositorio IE
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/3601
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198876434.003.0006
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3601
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial intelligence
AI
Politicians
Politics
Elections
Democracy
Voting
Algocracy
Democratic theory
Political philosophy
ODS 16 - Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
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Sumario:Ideas for integrating AI into politics are now emerging and advancing at accelerating pace. This chapter highlights a few different varieties and shows how they reflect different assumptions about the value of democracy. We cannot make informed decisions about which, if any, proposals to pursue without further reflection on what makes democracy valuable and how current conditions fail to fully realize it. Recent advances in political philosophy provide some guidance but leave important questions open. If AI advances to a state where it can secure superior political outcomes, leading perspectives in political philosophy suggest that democracy may become obsolete. If we find this suggestion troubling, we need to put the case for democracy on stronger foundations.