Politics? Thanks, I've had enough. It's time to switch to AI.
Sometimes I feel like our current political system is like a rusty coffee grinder: it rattles, it creaks, and in the end, it produces some powder that’s nothing like what we need. Parties, factions, parliamentary clowning a system designed in the typewriter era, yet we’re still trying to cram it into our digital reality. Isn’t that strange?
Meanwhile, we have artificial intelligence, blockchain, decentralization... and we’re still watching politicians on TV, tearing into each other. What if we finally started thinking about governance with truly 21st-century solutions?
Imagine this: no more party system, no more parliamentary chair-shuffling. Instead, we have a system where people themselves raise the questions. Anywhere, anytime. At the post office, with a voice recording that Grandma dictates to the postman. Or at school, where students work isn’t just photocopying but active participation in running society. Anyone can contribute a question. And if a topic comes up enough times, AI recognizes it, sets up the framework for a vote, lists the three most common question formats, plus a “radical” or “funny” version just to keep things colorful.
Then comes the vote. No booths, no paper, just on your phone, computer, or tablet. From age 18 to 50? Easy! For others, there’s help: students, clerks, or simply family members.
And here’s the best part: the votes are traceable. Not who voted for what, but whether they voted at all. Blockchain technology could handle this beautifully. No fraud, no fakes, no “lost votes.”
This system could work locally too. Small villages could vote on what to do with the playground or whether to build a new sidewalk. Cities could become their own decision-making hubs, all connected to a shared AI cloud that coordinates, filters, and suggests.
Police? Administrative bodies? They could easily run with AI guidance, humans would still be needed, but chosen based on competence, not privilege. And yes, we could even vote for the head of state, not every four years but through ongoing evaluation. Don’t like their work? One question, one vote, and if the majority says “bye-bye,” that’s it. Why not?
And foreign policy? If the majority says no to sending weapons, we don’t send them. If they say support education, that’s where the money goes. Simple. An AI won’t brush off your will with a half-smile at a press conference.
This whole system would mean a new world where we don’t burn money on party campaigns or endlessly listen to lies. Instead, people’s actual thoughts, questions, and decisions would steer the system. The AI is just a “very smart clerk” that ensures people’s voices don’t vanish into thin air.
And you know what? Maybe this isn’t as utopian as it sounds. Maybe all it takes is for us to finally say: politics, as it stands, is obsolete. It’s time to rewrite the rules.
