[nkrisc]

My point is that it shouldn’t matter how the mayor (or whomever) makes their decisions. The accountability for implementing those choices rests with them and “AI told me to” is no more a defense than “a crazy guy on the street told me to”.

There’s no need for any law about letting AI run the show because legally the AI is never running the show, the mayor is, regardless of whether they use AI, chicken bones, or a team of competent advisors to help them make decisions.

It’s no different than an elected official using their faith to guide decisions, they’re still accountable, not god.

[ryandrake]

Also, many (most?) of today's politicians govern deterministically already. You can safely predict their positions on 90+% of issues by simply looking at their political party. We're already governed by algorithm--just with a human mouth speaking the words and a human hand signing with the pen.

[nkrisc]

> You can safely predict their positions on 90+% of issues

That’s not deterministic. Also I’m not going to get into a debate on free will and determinism.

[stavros]

Oh, yes, definitely agreed there. I can't get to the article, so I don't know if he's doing it to abdicate responsibility.