Comment by rudhdb773b
21 hours ago
That's why I see AI (with a clear set of provided objectives and guidelines, i.e., a constitution) as the future of government.
As dystopian as that sounds, it's the only way I see to truly rid ourselves of corruption.
This is an incomplete thought.
A strong checks and balances without influence of bias, relationships, and politics can be implemented using a 2-way blind system where:
1. decision makers (of sound judgement) are not aware of any identifiable information related to any users on whom the decision will be made, nor of each other.
2. Users are not aware of the decision makers who will decide on them, nor of each other.
Possibly AI can play a role here, but a strong system of checks & balances would be a prerequisite for this.
The justice system would definitely benefit from this.
I don't know how any AI system would not eventually determine that humans are the problem. Sci-fi uses this as a plot numerous times for a reason. What humans are doing is not logical, and better choices can be made if it weren't so damn profitable for some to keep going as is.
Why would AI at that scale not have the exact corruptible inclination humans have?
Because unlike natural life, which has evolved to be highly competitive and self-interested, we would explicitly set the AI's objectives to always benefit society.
And why would the people in power be willing to do that?