{"slug": "ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it", "title": "Ask HN: Science Fiction. Some AI as world leader. Would you vote it?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asked whether people would vote for an AI as a world leader in a science fiction scenario where mind-reading technology eliminates privacy. The sole commenter suggested a distributed AI system that continuously improves and would feel the pain of casualties to avoid catastrophic events. No voting data or concrete proposal was provided.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Science Fiction. Some AI as world leader. Would you vote it?\n1 point\nby\newjloop\n20 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n1 comment\nAnd even further into the fictional situation: mind reading technology is already there. We literally have no privacy at all.\nhelp\n__patchbit__\n8 minutes ago\n[–]\nBottom up AI bubble sort future world state diffused throughout global workspace that continuously improves would feel the pain of 2 million dead and just as many horrifically injured a step below tactical nuclear war to avoid that.\nreply\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346494", "published_at": "2026-08-18 14:52:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 15:12:44.502968+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "ewjloop", "patchbit"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-science-fiction-some-ai-as-world-leader-would-you-vote-it.jsonld"}}