There is a new artificial face inside UK general election: IA Steve.

Steve Endacott, the man behind artificial intelligence (AI), is an entrepreneur from the south of England who wants his avatar present in the House of Commons as a representative for the Brighton Pavillion constituency.

“I founded my own party after being disillusioned by how distant other groups were from the British population,” Endacott said in a post on LinkedIn.

On a website dedicated to the AI ​​campaign, Steve asked users if they would like to join a team of “creators” who would help him create new policies. To do this, potential voters need to click on the “Talk to AI Steve” option and fill in their personal details before interacting with the bot.

Supporters can too become a validatorand Steve asked them to “spend just a few minutes a week” to “acts as a control mechanism to stop unreasonable policies“, ranking each policy suggestion from one to ten.

“There’s no need to know anything about artificial intelligence, as all you need to do is press a button to talk to the character,” Endacott explained in a statement. “We hope to attract a wider audience than doesn’t want to talk to AI through our quality policy”.

A policy with 50% support was adopted

AI Steve claims that only policies with more than 50% support will be adopted on the platform, according to what is read on the website. If Endacott is elected, he will attend Parliament “physically” and will vote on policies based on live input his AI platform receives.

Endacott describes himself as a working class man who “understands the value of money… and greatly appreciated that the success of his business exploits had brought him comparatively great wealth.” He was also “very concerned” about this. environment.

‘Neural Voice’, an artificial intelligence company headed by Endacott, supports AI Steve. Endacott He ran for the Conservatives in 2022 for Rochdale and won by 487 votes.

Potential candidates must have it be at least 18 years old and a British or Irish citizen For run for parliamentary elections in the UK, according to the election commission’s website.

England has long tradition of featuring satirical characters during their election cycles. Lord Buckethead has stood in four British elections since 1987 as an intergalactic villain. Another space criminal, Count Binface, is running in the 2024 mayoral election.