It's interesting how many parallels the US government shares with other governments around the world, like Turkey. There is an existence of a "deep state", or "state within a state". I often wonder if a sufficiently sophisticated AI would do a better job of running our government than the system that we have in place.
If you think about it, having AI run our government is the next logical step, and a natural evolution. All governmental systems are inhuman systems that self-correct.
To some extent, it was tried in Chile in 70s during Allende. British computer scientists wanted to build massive computer network which could analyze and manage entire Chilean economy. The (never finished) project was called Cybersyn - http://www.damninteresting.com/nineteen-seventy-three/
at some point, government analysts will construct a platform that gets lots of data (including both public and private data) shoveled in and produces actionable insights. For those who aren't current, "actionable" means, in the form of, "do this", or "think about doing that".
Of course, this system will still be constructed according to the biases and fears of real humans. Most people wouldn't call it an "AI government" because there's already an elected government calling the shots ... to a certain extent.
> at some point, government analysts will construct a platform that gets lots of data (including both public and private data) shoveled in and produces actionable insights.
There are already quite a few platforms for doing this. Constructing and running many of them is the job of the MITRE Corporation.
A friend of mine works there, constructing quite complex computer models to estimate the impact of (sometimes very small) changes in government policy or services.
My point was, it would be SkyNet, but on one hand fed with the desires of the Intelligence tools industry (need more data on everything) and on the other hand with a front of humans that will act on its behalf with the best of intentions.
If you think about it, having AI run our government is the next logical step, and a natural evolution. All governmental systems are inhuman systems that self-correct.