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Scenario 27 Speculative

Benevolent AI Governance

Tier 5: Speculative

Economic 3
Social 2
Political ±4
Existential ±3

AI systems may prove better at governance than humans - more informed, less biased, more consistent. The temptation to delegate governance to AI will be powerful. Whether this constitutes liberation or surrender depends on assumptions about the nature of self-governance.