Politics, like any market, is driven by supply and demand. Political parties supply ideas, policies, leadership. Voters create demand based on their needs, hopes, or fears. When the two align, the system works. When they don’t, it creates space for something new: a movement, a backlash, a realignment.
I believe Artificial intelligence could be the next mismatch and create the next backlash or even a political revolution.
A few months ago, we asked Canadians whether “unleashing artificial intelligence” would be good or bad for them personally. It was the only idea we tested where more thought it would make their lives worse, not better.
