Millions around the world have lost their trust in traditional politics. Populist politicians are benefitting from the protest votes. Can politics be saved by technology? One alternative is to design policy-making systems—robots—in such a way that policy-makers are sheltered from undue outside influence. In so doing, a space will be created within which objective scientific evidence, rather than vested interests, can inform policy-making. A recent paper showcased a system that automatically writes political speeches. Some of these speeches are believable and it would be hard for most of us to tell if a human or machine had written them. Similarly, policy-makers responsible for urban planning or flood mitigation make use of sophisticated modelling software. We may soon be able to take out humans altogether and replace them with robots with the modelling software built into itself. Far-fetched or relief for most of us?
Can robots reestablish trust in traditional party politics?
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