<s>
A	O
Virtual	B-Application
politician	I-Application
,	O
or	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
politician	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
a	O
non-human	O
entity	O
seeking	O
or	O
in	O
government	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
virtual	B-Application
politician	I-Application
would	O
have	O
similar	O
power	O
to	O
a	O
human	O
serving	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
position	O
,	O
but	O
would	O
be	O
programmed	O
to	O
make	O
choices	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
dawn	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
machines	O
have	O
been	O
put	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
various	O
positions	O
formerly	O
held	O
by	O
humans	O
for	O
different	O
reasons	O
;	O
repetitive	O
tasks	O
,	O
or	O
else	O
to	O
lighten	O
the	O
workload	O
of	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AI	B-Application
is	O
increasingly	O
being	O
put	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
tasks	O
that	O
require	O
human	O
traits	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
empathy	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
replace	O
human	O
imperfections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
thought	O
by	O
some	O
that	O
if	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
programmed	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
data	O
,	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
position	O
of	O
power	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
make	O
informed	O
decisions	O
quickly	O
,	O
and	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
give	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
perspectives	O
and	O
needs	O
of	O
all	O
whom	O
it	O
has	O
power	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
the	O
Governance	O
of	O
Change	O
at	O
IE	O
University	O
found	O
in	O
a	O
survey	O
that	O
a	O
quarter	O
of	O
Europeans	O
would	O
want	O
AI	B-Application
politicians	I-Application
at	O
some	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
SAM	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
given	O
to	O
what	O
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
virtual	B-Application
politician	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leader	O
Lars	O
differed	O
from	O
earlier	O
virtual	B-Application
politicians	I-Application
by	O
leading	O
a	O
political	O
party	O
and	O
by	O
not	O
pretending	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
objective	O
candidate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
moves	O
toward	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
virtual	O
presence	O
in	O
government	O
have	O
been	O
criticised	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
AI	B-Application
candidates	O
have	O
gained	O
press	O
traction	O
in	O
elections	O
they	O
've	O
run	O
in	O
,	O
they	O
remain	O
unpopular	O
in	O
the	O
polls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
argued	O
that	O
AI	B-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
comprehend	O
the	O
deep	O
complexities	O
of	O
human	O
society	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
not	O
make	O
choices	O
that	O
cater	O
to	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
models	O
require	O
data	O
to	O
learn	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
complain	O
that	O
the	O
data	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
objective	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
AI	B-Application
has	O
been	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
trained	O
on	O
biased	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
,	O
when	O
in	O
positions	O
of	O
important	O
use	O
,	O
made	O
costly	O
mistakes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
having	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
politician	I-Application
would	O
be	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
better	O
than	O
a	O
human	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
theory	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
satisfy	O
the	O
political	O
agenda	O
of	O
the	O
people	O
it	O
had	O
power	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
