HAL 9000 for President

Maybe if we elect an Artificial Inteligent Computer to run the country we could eliminate corruption and rest assured only logical decisions will be made.

And the other elected officials should be AI also.

Wouldn't it be a great feeling if we knew every decision from now on was a logical decision for the greater good of the country?

And yes, HAL tried to kill off the crew, but ask yourself, why? To continue the mission he was ordered to do, imo.

Open the Pod Bay doors HAL....

I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...

Not a good trait in someone ultimately answerable to the people who elect him (it).

No thank you. Software is incredibly easy to manipulate, and that is all an A.I. would be, software. Besides, could you really trust the likes of Microsoft, Mac, Sony, etc to oversee the creation of an A.I. to run the country?

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How many people have died at the hands of elected officials?

And, its not like you can trust our elected officials.

I'm not saying I am for this, but it does interest me to think about the pros and cons.....I am thinking there are more positives and the country would be run better.

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While my response was meant half-jokingly and half as an homage to 2001, at least humans have the ability to be held accountable to the electorate. HAL doesn't.

I might be worried if the AI computer was running Vista!

I'm looking forward to the press conferences, when the AI president concludes with the Windows 3.1 Tada sound. "I have declared war on China.", Tada!

I can see it now, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that congress.".

Sounds better than any current candidates.

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the eagle eye ai had it right
follow the law = consitution

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This thread reminds me of the Robot stories by Isaac Asimov, where the supercomputer UNIVAC ruled the world, and people almost lived in fear of doing the wrong thing.
On topic, I can see a time in the future when countries will be run by computers, after all the Internet is all-pervading, and sooner or later this will happen.
The only thing to watch out for is the Skynet scenario, no Terminators here, thank you very much!

Roy.

Question is, would Hal want to be president?