A robot in Japan stands out ... running for the mayor position

AI may be something we have never thought of but it has almost come true in Japan. Even, the mayor of AI is expected to bring fairness in governance policy and limit corruption better than people.

Robots have been receiving a lot of human work, but few dare to think that there are days when robots or AI will take over positions in the government apparatus of a country.

Robot AI running for mayor in a district in Tokyo.

However, this will most likely come true in Japan. Many people were quite surprised when the candidate for the mayor election campaign in a district in Tokyo was AI.

According to Wonderful Engineering, this proposal comes from a candidate named Michihito Matsuda from Ho Chi Minh City. Tama, Tokyo aims to find ways to maximize the use of AI in city activities. He claimed to have organized a campaign to support AI to hold the city mayor.

However, Matsuda is only the AI ​​representative for the election. The people behind this campaign are two powerful businessmen Tetsuzo Matsumoto, Vice President of Softbank and Norio Murakami, former representative of Google Japan branch.

The image of AI appears on a lot of banners and slogans for the mayor.

AI stands on par with other candidates.

Poster elections for mayor's title.

Matsuda proposes to replace government personnel with AI. Artificial intelligence will play the role of collecting and analyzing the city's data and offering fair policies, while balancing the benefits for all people.

He shared on Twitter: "For the first time in the world, AI will run for election. Artificial intelligence will change Tama city. The birth of an AI mayor will help us operate the political apparatus. more impartial and balanced, we will speed up the implementation of future policies, accumulate information, know-how and bring the next generation up. "

Michihito Matsuda, 44, first ran for mayor in 2014 but failed. This time, he decided to stand out on behalf of AI to campaign. He believes that an AI mayor will make better decisions than people. Matsuda also particularly emphasized that AI is not easily affected by corruption like humans.

Michihito Matsuda.

The AI ​​campaign is similar to other candidates with banners and posters, hanging everywhere in the city. In addition to concerns about the legitimacy of an AI mayor, many people agree and support.

The campaign for the election of the mayor of Tama city was held on April 15th. According to NHK, AI won 4,000 votes, ranking third in the race. The first person in the race is Hiroyuki Abe.

AI has lost but this does not mean that AI will not return to running in the future. This is certainly a scenario that is both praiseworthy but also worrying for people. What if AI on behalf of people runs many political, economic and cultural decisions .?