Two out of ten Spaniards would be willing to vote for a candidate made with AI rather than a real politician

Artificial intelligence has already begun to make its first steps in politics. There are even countries in which algorithms have been introduced in elections, as is the case of Denmark or, more recently, the United Kingdom. In the future, with the advancement of technology, it would not be unusual for more cases like this to begin to emerge in other parts of the world, and, in principle, in Spain it seems that the idea could appeal to more than one voter. Thus, at least, it can be seen in a recent studyprepared by the web hosting provider Hostinger, in which it points out that two out of ten Spaniards would consider voting for an avatar instead of a person.

The study, which was carried out based on a population survey of 1,020 people, shows that 20% of those consulted responded affirmatively when asked if they would be willing to vote for a political candidate who is an AI avatar.

Obviously, this does not imply that when the time came, those 20% of voters would finally decide to place their trust in an algorithm. Even more so if we take into account the very poor electoral results that other artificial intelligences that have run for elections have achieved.

The last one to run in elections in the West was AI Steve, a candidate made from artificial intelligence who ran in the United Kingdom elections last July. The virtual candidate, created by British technology entrepreneur Steve Endeccot, had a platform through which anyone who wanted to could chat with him and share their concerns and ideas. The result? 179 votes in total, and thank you.

The same fate befell the Danish candidate IA in 2022 Leader Larswhich in the end was nothing more than a chatbot capable of answering user questions. A sort of primitive version of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. He did not get any seats in the elections.