Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
“Why not replace the state (the whole apparatus of government) with an AI robot? It is not difficult to imagine that the bot would be more efficient than governments are, say, in controlling their budgets just to mention one example. It is true that citizens might not be able to control the reigning bot, except initially as trainers (imposing a ‘constitution’ on the bot) or perhaps ex post by unplugging it. But citizens already do not control the state, except as an inchoate and incoherent mob in which the typical individual has no influence …. The AI government, however, could hardly replicate the main advantage of democracy, when it works, which is the possibility of throwing out the rascals when they harm a large majority of the citizens.” (10/13/24)
https://www.econlib.org/is-ai-dumber-than-a-cat-some-related-points/