AI-generated politician running for UK Parliament

A Sussex businessman named Steve Endacott has created an AI avatar of himself that is currently running for Parliament in Brighton Pavilion in the UK. "AI Steve," as the AI is affectionately known, previously ran in a local election on the Conservative and Unionist Party ballot, garnering just under 500 votes — which, if my understanding of UK parliamentary procedures is correct, means he's somehow now allowed to profit off of the swords that are being handed out for free by strange women lying in lakes. — Read the rest

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