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A technocracy is a type of oligarchy and is compatible with democracy tho
A technocrats actually makes sense. But that isn't practical. People always at some point end up hiring their friends and putting people they know in positions of power. Nepotism and cronyism are just natural progressions, even when systems of governance start out with good intentions. Eventually someone always ruins it for everyone else.
What about random-selection jury-style technocracy?
that doesn't sound like a technocracy or an oligarchy of any kind. that just sounds like direct democracy by lots, unless i am misunderstanding you.
A robust series of checks and balances would also help.
I think tech could be used to counteract that.
Have AI suggest policies based on meta analysis of peer reviewed subject matter
Use a public block chain to make all government spending transparent
Using AI to make decisions is an awful idea. AI is only as good as its training data, and is generally biased, and often makes up facts or situations that aren't real but are convincing. You do t want that making important decisions for you.
No it's not. As I said, you only feed in quality peer researched knowledge
Garbage in, garbage out is true. So is the opposite.
Ya, my partner does research in machine learning. I'm gonna go ahead and trust her expertise over a random internet stranger.
It's being used in policy making already.
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/how-artificial-intelligence-can-shape-policy-making
i guess, but only as much as any other oligarchy. you can have democracy where the only people who can vote are people with doctorates in stem fields, or who're land owning white men, or who have their patents of nobility, or who have at least a million USD in their bank account. but really it's not particularly in keeping with the ideal that people are usually talking about when they say 'democracy'.