Wannabe politician ‘has no policies,’ will use AI to write manifesto

A budding politician says he “has no policies” and will instead use AI to develop his manifesto. Andrew Gray, who wants to become the new Member of Parliament for  Selby and Ainsty, UK, will tap machine learning to assess what people want. “If elected, I will vote in Parliamant [sic] in accordance with the consensus. Simple,” Gray wrote on LinkedIn. The tool he’s using, Polis, collects and analyses public opinion in real time. The software first attracted attention in Taiwan, where it powers a platform for political debate. Dubbed vTaiwan, the project invites citizens and government to co-create legislation. Polis…

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