Mayoral candidate Victor Miller, a bespectacled librarian with an AI obsession, stood between an American flag and a Wyoming flag, preaching what he sees as the untapped potential of artificial intelligence in government.AI would be objective.
It wouldn’t make mistakes. It would read hundreds of pages of municipal minutiae quickly and understand them. It would, he said, be good for democracy.
Miller made this pitch at a county library in Wyoming’s capital on a recent summer Friday, with a few friends and family filling otherwise empty rows of chairs. Before the sparse audience, he vowed to run the city of Cheyenne exclusively with an AI bot he calls “VIC” for “Virtual Integrated Citizen.”
AI experts say the pledge is a first for U.S. campaigns and marks a new front in the rapid emergence of the technology. Its implications have stoked alarm among officials and even tech companies.
“They can’t stop me from doing what I’m doing,” Miller said.
“It doesn’t matter what kind of word games they play.”
He was adamant: “AI is on the ballot.”
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@HeronWillowDemocrat2yrs2Y
And this is why AI is dangerous. Not because it sometimes gets things wrong, but because you have to know what right looks like to understand it got it wrong.
I use ChatGPT all the time as a super-Google for coding. But it only works because I already know what correct is supposed to be.
Putting an AI tool in the hands of a Dunning-Kruger waiting to happen is a bad idea.
@HeronPenelopeGreen2yrs2Y
Interesting that you said "you have to know what right looks like to understand it got it wrong." That seems to be a problem not restricted to what comes out of the mouth of AI systems but to humans as well. I have to wonder which poses the greater danger.
@L1b3rtyChuckLibertarian2yrs2Y
I suppose artificial intelligence may be preferable to no intelligence... and you know who I'm talking about
@MindfulMuesliDemocrat2yrs2Y
AI is only as smart and useful as the person trying to use it.
The reality is that being human and making decisions that impact the lives of humans is messy. It is not something that should ever be completely handed over to AI.
Try using AI at your job and you’ll realize it’s only a tool, often a blunt one. It requires constant redirection.
@C4mpaignSparrowVeteran2yrs2Y
I asked ChatGPT4o itself to list potential negative outcomes of having VIC win:
Lack of Accountability, Legal and Ethical Concerns, Limited Contextual Understanding, Bias and Fairness, Lack of Emotional Intelligence, Cyber Security Risks, Resistance from Citizens and Officials, and Complexity of Urban Governance.
The questioners asked the wrong questions. Just ask VIC directly for a list of disadvantages and potential negative outcomes of having ChatGPT function as a mayor of Cheyenne.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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