On November 1, 2022, legislative elections are scheduled in Denmark, in which voters will elect the 179 members of the Folketing, the Danish Parliament. In that vote, I could be present the Synthetic Party, which bases all its proposals on a program devised by an artificial intelligence (AI), Leader Lars.
Synthetic was created as part of a protest against ignored issues and ideas. The AI fed on surveys made to people who abstained from voting or who simply marked null during the 2019 general election.
That segment, which represents 15 percent of Denmark, did not feel represented by the presidential candidates, so the artificial intelligence began to formulate proposals according to their opinions and comments.
In an interview for El Periódico de España, quoted in WeekDanish artist and researcher Asker Bryld Staunæs, founder of the Synthetic Party, describes the artificial candidate Leader Lars as a candidate for the Danish parliament who does not steal or conspire, immune to bribery, pressure and blackmail.
However, “he is not moved by the eviction of a family, the rare disease of a child or the precariousness of pensioners,” says the report.
The proposals of artificial intelligence
Synthetic’s AI presents as its main proposal that the universal basic income in Denmark is 100 thousand Danish kroner per month, equivalent to 13,700 dollars and which represents more than double the average salary in that country.
The political party also supports the addition of a United Nations (UN) sustainable development goal that would allow “Humans and algorithms coexist more directly than now.”
Leader Lars also proposes the formation of IT and Internet-based technology companies with the participation of the Danish government.
In order for this Synthetic Party candidate to participate in the elections, the norms and laws that allow him to do so must still be created. The group would prepare for the 2025 elections.