AI to rule humans? World's first virtual politician is ready to contest election

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have repeatedly expressed their concerns over developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, and even warned that they could soon surpass humans and might one day pose a severe threat to the entire humankind. Their concern may be compounded by recent developments, like when a robot named Sophia was last month confirmed in Saudi Arabia as the world's first robot citizen, and now, we have the world's first AI-powered virtual politician from New Zealand known as SAM. It seems the tech titans were not totally wrong as humans are ready to give AI the power to rule us. The world's first AI politician can reportedly answer a person's queries on local issues regarding education, housing and immigration, PTI reported. The AI politician was created by Nick Gerritsen, who said: "There is a lot of bias in the'analogue' practice of politics right now."