The Synthetic Party (Denmark)

The Synthetic Party
Det Syntetiske Parti
ChairmanLeader Lars
Founded2022
HeadquartersHøje Taastrup
IdeologyTechno-populism
Radical democracy
Transhumanism
Website
detsyntetiskeparti.org

Det Syntetiske Parti (English: The Synthetic Party) is the world's first political party driven by artificial intelligence[1][2] with the goal of making generative text-to-text models not merely populist, what they are by default, but democratic.[3] The party was founded in 2022 in Denmark.[4]

AI is already populist by default in a certain sense (...) But even if it's populist, it's not democratic just yet.[3]

Founder

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A philosopher from Aarhus University and a conceptual artist Asker Bryld Staunæs is the party founder and continuous party secretary.[5]

Main goal

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The political goals have been machine learned from texts by Danish fringe parties since 1970 and represent the 20 percent of Danes who do not vote in the election. The party is synthetic; as such, many of the policies, such as universal basic income, can be contradictory to one another.

International collaborations

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The Synthetic Party has signed bilateral collaboration agreements with The Finnish AI Party[6] and The Japanese AI Party[7] concerning the development of a global project created around artificial intelligence and politics[8]

References

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  1. ^ Sternberg, Sarah (20 June 2022). "Danskere vil ind på den politiske scene med kunstig intelligens" [Danes want to enter the political scene with artificial intelligence]. Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. ^ Diwakar, Amar (2022-08-22). "Can an AI-led Danish party usher in an age of algorithmic politics?". TRT World. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ^ a b Xiang, Chloe (13 October 2022). "This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI". Vice: Motherboard. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  4. ^ Hearing, Alice (14 October 2022). "A.I. chatbot is leading a Danish political party and setting its policies. Now users are grilling it for its stance on political landmines". Fortune.
  5. ^ Philipsen, Lotte (17 September 2022). "People & Contact: Centre for Aesthetics of AI Images".
  6. ^ Kaiken Keskus, Center for Everything (2024-01-17). "Suomalainen Koneälypuolue ja tanskalainen Synteettinen puolue yhdistävät voimansa globaalissa hankkeessa". Kaiken Keskus. p. 1.
  7. ^ Matsuda, Michihito (2023-11-22). "デンマーク合成党との提携のお知らせ". AI-Mayor.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  8. ^ Staunæs, Asker Bryld (2024-02-01). "Automatic Uprisings: The Synthetic Party as a Techno-Social Sculpture". Pure.au. Retrieved 2024-02-20.