“Way to rebirth”
Party in Japan makes artificial intelligence a boss
Artificial intelligence keeps moving into our everyday life. In Japan soon in politics – as head of the opposition party “Way to rebirth”.
The party “Weg to Birth”, founded in January by Japanese politician Shinji Ishimaru, now wants to take completely new ways after the resignation of its party leader.
Ishimaru, former mayor of a small town, was surprisingly in second place in 2024 due to a successful online campaign in the Governor election in Tokyo. But in the subsequent election in July, his newly founded party was not able to win, whereupon he stepped down.
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Now an artificial intelligence should take over the party leadership. Formally, the party is led by Koki Okumura, a 25-year-old doctoral student at the University of Kyoto. However, this sees itself more as an assistant to the digital leadership figure. “The new party leader will be a AI,” he said at a press conference in Tokyo.
How the AI is used in concrete terms and from when it takes over the party work is still unclear. However, it is clear that the AI will not make any political guidelines to the members. Rather, as before, it is up to the individual politicians which topics they represent.
Unique in the world: artificial intelligence takes over in Japan
The party was previously known for its rather unconventional approach: it deliberately refrained from a permanent party program and put the autonomy of its members for the foreground.
With the planned Ki tip, she now goes the next political experiment step and is now likely to play at the forefront of unusual party leader worldwide.
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Source: Stern
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