Wyoming’s secretary of state wants the county to reject its candidacy, but the AI bot’s human “meat puppet” says everything is in order.

Victor Miller is running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with an unusual campaign promise: If elected, he will not be calling the shots—an AI bot will,” Wired reports.

“VIC, the Virtual Integrated Citizen, is a ChatGPT-based chatbot that Miller created. And Miller says the bot has better ideas—and a better grasp of the law—than many people currently serving in government.”

“Because it’s not legal for a bot to run for office, Miller says he is technically the one on the ballot, at least on the candidate paperwork filed with the state.”

  • Jo Miran
    7•9 days ago

    “I realized that this entity is way smarter than me, and more importantly, way better than some of the outward-facing public servants I see,”

    I mean…he’s not wrong.

  • @NeptuneOrbit
    6•9 days ago

    I plan to copy my town in to Roller Coaster Tycoon and use it as a model for how to make choices for my successful mayoral campaign.

    • @davidgro
      1•9 days ago

      Too new school for me. SimCity 2000 is clearly designed to handle the challenges of running a 21st century city

  • @RapidcreekOP
    5•9 days ago

    Somewhere up there, Isaac Asimov is smiling.

    That is actually is funny in a couple of ways.