Smart government

It sounds like an oxymoron to describe our government as smart.

- BOO CHANCO

Smart is being used here to dream about a government almost totally managed by artificial intelligence programmed to wipe out corruption and vastly improve how the government provides services to the people.

With all the news of how AI will render a lot of people jobless, we can dream of having AI make the corrupt people in our government jobless instead.

We should watch closely how Elon Musk manages his Department of Government Efficiency because he is going to use a lot of technology and common sense. A lot of the reforms they are planning to implement may be useful for us. The American bureaucracy obviously has a lot of fat and ours is patterned after theirs.

I asked ChatGPT if AI can be used to run a country more efficiently and without corruption. ChatGPT's response: Yes, AI has the potential to help run a country more efficiently and reduce corruption. Here's how AI can reduce corruption:

Transparency and accountability: AI systems could monitor public spending and government activities in real-time, flagging any anomalies or patterns that suggest corruption. For instance, AI can help track financial transactions, procurement processes and public contracts, ensuring that there is no embezzlement or favoritism involved.

Predictive analytics: AI could be used to predict potential corruption risks by analyzing historical patterns, relationships and social dynamics. Governments could proactively intervene before corruption scandals unfold.

Actually, even without AI, we can realize savings of one to two trillion pesos by just abolishing Congress or making membership become a serious financial sacrifice.