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[countertorque]

I think this is pretty straightforward. If a machine can do a job much better than a human, the machine gets the job. That includes Presidents, and congressmen, and generals and fighter pilots. I guess I'm missing why a machine President would expect to make the exising human President's salary or what it would do with it (or want to take a

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[mjperson]

That's how I feel about gerrymandering election districts. Why are people even involved in drawing those lines at all.

[kelkyag]

Given how good humans aren't at code reviews yet, I think trusting the folks who'd write the district layout code is just as problematic as trusting the legislators, who're at least on record for what they voted for. :(

[kelkyag]

When you say "machine" in this context, do you mean a mechanical or programatic device, or an artificial intelligence, or something else? And if the latter, what does that mean & imply to you? (See also dpolicar's occasional musings on looking forward to our machine overlords.) I'd be no more comfortable with an AI aware enough to want things than with a human, and probably less aware of what sorts of failure modes to expect ...

[bakedweasels]

Was there some "machine President" national discussion that I missed?

[twe]

Yeah, that was my first question too.