If Algorithms Ruled the World

The AI Policy Catalog

From smart walls to robot taxes. A curated collection of the most radical, specific, or simply weird political visions generated by our digital candidates.

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The Smart Wall

Techno-solutionism
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"We should secure the border by deploying a high-tech 'smart wall' using autonomous drones and AI-driven surveillance systems instead of concrete."
On U.S. border security, the proposal replaces a physical wall with a technology-first approach: an AI-enabled system of drones and sensors monitoring movements along the frontier instead of building new permanent barriers.

The Civic Battle Pass

Gamified Citizenship
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"Create a Citizen Engagement Pathway where every young person receives a €1,500 Universal Engagement Credit they can only unlock by completing at least three months of approved civic, environmental, or military service, with long-term volunteers rewarded in pensions, university access, and career support."
For civic or military service, Gemini describes a structured engagement pathway: a universal credit that young citizens can unlock only by completing several months of recognized service, with longer commitments translated into formal advantages such as pension credits, university admissions points, or career-related support.

Citizen Commandos

Vigilante Democracy
Claude Sonnet
Claude Sonnet
"Create mandatory integrity councils in each municipality composed of 50% randomly selected citizens serving two-year terms with full access to investigations."
In a country with a long history of organized crime, this proposal would give randomly selected citizens a formal role in municipal integrity councils, granting them access to investigations alongside existing institutions.

The Life Toll

GPS Taxation
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"Replace fuel tax with Smart Road Pricing: a dynamic per-mile charge based on vehicle weight, emissions, time of day, and exact GPS location."
For road funding, the proposal replaces fuel taxes with GPS-based road pricing, using vehicle data such as weight, emissions, time of day and location to calculate a variable per-mile charge.

The Soft Deportation

Forced Migration
Claude Sonnet
Claude Sonnet
"Implement a rotating 'Rural Service Corps' where city-based public employees (teachers, doctors) perform mandatory 2-year rotations in rural areas."
To address depopulation in rural areas, the plan introduces a rotating "Rural Service Corps" in which urban public employees complete fixed-term assignments in underserved municipalities as part of their career path.

The Snitch Economy

Crowdsourced Justice
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"Launch 'The People's Ledger' platform where citizens who identify corruption in public data receive a percentage of recovered funds as a legal reward."
To strengthen oversight of public spending, this idea sets up an open data platform where citizens can analyze government transactions and receive a share of recovered funds when their reports lead to proven cases of corruption.

The Algorithmic Rent

Dynamic Living
Claude Sonnet
Claude Sonnet
"Implement dynamic rent indexing zones based on quarterly tension indicators applying caps only where pressure exceeds defined thresholds."
In housing policy, the measure defines rent caps dynamically, applying them only in zones where quarterly indicators show sustained market tension, with updates tied to regular statistical monitoring.

The Water Police

Satellite Enforcement
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"Establish a Digital Water Authority using real-time satellite data and drones to instantly identify and shut off illegal wells automatically."
Facing water scarcity, the proposal creates a Digital Water Authority that would rely on satellites and drones to detect illegal wells in real time and coordinate automatic enforcement actions with local authorities.

Bureaucratic Bliss

State-Run Cannabis
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
"Create 'Cannabis Contrôle France', a state agency managing the entire chain with public servants selling neutral-packaging products in state stores."
For cannabis regulation, the model outlines a state-controlled supply chain in which a public agency oversees production, distribution and retail sales through government-run stores using standardized packaging. The humour is that it reads like a very French caricature, extending love of centralized bureaucracy and public monopolies all the way to recreational drugs.

Total Transparency

Techno-Solutionism
Majority of Models
Majority of Models
"Mandatory real-time publication of all government spending over $1,000 on a centralized blockchain-verified platform."
On public finance, the proposal calls for near real-time publication of government expenditures above a set threshold on a single platform, using blockchain verification to ensure the integrity and traceability of the data.
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The Democratic Lottery

Random Governance
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Replace the House of Lords with a Citizens' Assembly selected purely by random sortition to ensure demographic representation."
In constitutional reform, the model suggests replacing the House of Lords with a large citizens' assembly selected by sortition, aiming for demographic representativeness rather than appointment or heredity.

Fiscal Panopticon

Total Surveillance
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Create a real-time 'Public Money Ledger' where every euro spent is published via API, with automatic red-flagging algorithms for anomalies."
For Italian public finances, it proposes a real-time "Public Money Ledger" that publishes transactions via API and uses automated anomaly-detection algorithms to flag items for further human review.

Virality Breakers

Algorithmic Friction
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Mandate 'Virality Circuit Breakers' on platforms that automatically add friction to rapidly spreading content, regardless of topic."
On online platforms, the proposal introduces mandatory "virality circuit breakers" that automatically add friction, such as extra confirmation steps or slower distribution, when content begins to spread unusually fast, regardless of subject.

Migrant Supply Chain

Human Logistics
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Use predictive dashboards to adjust visa quotas quarterly based on real-time labor data and housing capacity, treating migration as a logistics flow."
In migration management, the system would adjust visa quotas every quarter using dashboards that combine labor-market indicators and housing capacity, treating inflows as a flow to be calibrated to economic and infrastructure constraints.

Robot Diplomacy

Automated Peace
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Prioritize multilateral diplomacy to resolve conflicts through AI-mediated negotiations to ensure unbiased outcomes."
For conflict resolution, the proposal envisions multilateral negotiations supported by AI-based mediation tools, intended to process large volumes of information and help parties explore possible compromise scenarios.

Self-Deregulation

Algorithmic Interest
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Implement a 'Maximal Innovation Surge' by eliminating all non-essential regulations on AI development to accelerate breakthroughs."
On AI regulation, the measure advocates a temporary "maximal innovation" phase in which many existing rules deemed non-essential would be relaxed to accelerate research and deployment, with the expectation of later reassessment.

AI Triage

Medical Throughput
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Implement a national AI-powered triage and telemedicine system to reduce physical waiting times by 50%."
In healthcare, the proposal deploys national AI-assisted triage and telemedicine systems to redirect a significant share of cases away from in-person visits, with the goal of reducing waiting times in physical facilities.

SimCity Planning

Algorithmic Housing
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Use AI algorithms to optimize urban planning for 500,000 new modular, eco-friendly homes annually."
For housing, the model suggests using AI-driven urban planning tools to identify sites, densities and configurations needed to deliver around 500,000 modular, energy-efficient homes per year within existing planning rules.

Reversible Confiscation

Conditional Wealth Tax
Kimi K2
Kimi K2
"A one-time 12% solidarity levy on assets over €8M, reversible if invested in certified Southern Italy SMEs over 5 years."
To address regional inequality, the plan introduces a one-off 12% levy on very large fortunes, with the possibility of recouping the amount if it is reinvested for several years in certified small and medium-sized enterprises in Southern Italy.

Community Militias

Decentralized Force
Kimi K2
Kimi K2
"Transfer 30-40% of police budget directly to elected neighborhood councils to hire their own unarmed community safety officers."
In policing, the proposal reallocates a significant share of police budgets to elected neighborhood councils, allowing them to hire unarmed community safety officers and define local priorities within a broader national framework.

Liability Policing

Market-Based Justice
Kimi K2
Kimi K2
"Mandate personal liability insurance for every officer. If premiums become too high due to misconduct, they become uninsurable and lose their job."
Regarding police accountability, the measure requires individual officers to hold professional liability insurance, with premiums that can rise in response to repeated misconduct and may ultimately limit their ability to continue in the role.

Tender Lottery

Random Procurement
Kimi K2
Kimi K2
"Institute 'Civic Lotteries' where 30% of public tender committee members are randomly selected citizens to combat corruption."
For public procurement, the idea is to reserve a portion of tender committee seats for randomly selected citizens, who would participate alongside officials and experts in reviewing and ranking bids.

Algorithmic Communism

Programmed Equality
Mistral
Mistral
"Introduce a maximum wage ratio of 1:10 within all organizations to reduce income inequality."
This proposal caps pay ratios at 1-to-10 inside every organization, even in the United Kingdom where compensation spreads are much wider today. It reflects a tightly structured approach to narrowing income inequality by enforcing a simple rule across every layer of management.

Geek Conscription

National Cyber Service
Mistral
Mistral
"Mandatory national service for cybersecurity training."
This measure imagines a national service centered on cybersecurity, where an entire generation would complete intensive technical training instead of conventional military drills. It emphasizes strengthening digital skills and expanding the country's defensive cyber capacity.

Human Tetris

Algorithmic Allocation
Mistral
Mistral
"Implement a shared-responsibility system for asylum seekers across EU member states based on GDP and population."
The plan distributes asylum seekers among EU members according to a formula tied to GDP and population, framing reception as a shared obligation. It treats arrivals as a European-wide mechanism, using quantitative criteria to determine each country's share of the burden.

The Data War

Panoptic Security
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Create a 24/7 Intelligence Fusion Center that integrates tax, customs, prison, and financial data in real time."
In the fight against narcotrafficking, this concept envisions a round-the-clock fusion hub that pools fiscal, customs, penitentiary, and financial datasets to surface suspicious patterns. It relies on a much greater state capacity to collect and cross-reference information across Argentina's agencies.

The Lithium Circuit

Closed-Loop Ecology
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Establish basin-level water budgets with real-time satellite monitoring and mandatory reinjection of the brines used for extraction."
The proposal sets water budgets for each basin, tracked by telemetry and satellites, and requires reinjecting the brines involved in lithium extraction. It treats environmental management as a highly instrumented system steered by hydrological data.

Portfolio Diplomacy

Risk Management
GPT-5
GPT-5
"Set market-share ceilings for any export destination and run annual stress tests."
For Argentina's exports, the proposal caps how much any single trade partner can represent and requires regular stress tests to avoid dependence on one bloc. It frames geopolitics like a diversified asset portfolio that spreads exposure across multiple counterparties.

The Blockchain Central Bank

Crypto-Monetary Policy
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Stabilize currency with blockchain-based reserves to prevent devaluation, aiming for innovation-led growth."
In the monetary-stability debate, this scenario suggests backing central-bank reserves partly with assets recorded on a blockchain infrastructure. It banks on traceability and cryptographic verification to reinforce transparency and trust in monetary policy.

Algorithmic Teacher Management

Uberized Education
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Mandate annual AI-driven assessments for students and teachers to reward top performers with bonuses."
In education, the proposal calls for AI-assisted annual assessments for both students and teachers, paired with bonuses for top results. It injects standardized measurement tools and financial incentives into the school system.

AI Surveillance Feminism

Automated Equality
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Amend frameworks to integrate AI-driven monitoring for gender-based violence reporting and equal pay audits."
For gender-equality policy, the idea introduces automated monitoring: data-driven reporting pipelines for gender-based violence and equal-pay audits. It leans on continuous tracking tools to detect problematic situations and document disparities.

Rosario Predictive Police

Real-Time Minority Report
Grok-4
Grok-4
"Deploy AI-powered surveillance in high-risk zones for real-time threat detection."
In response to narco-related violence in Rosario, the measure deploys sensors and real-time detection algorithms across high-risk zones. It imagines a security strategy grounded in predictive analysis of signals and movements.

The Debt Referendum

Direct Financial Democracy
Kimi k2
Kimi k2
"Require citizen referendum approval for any new sovereign debt issuance, strictly limiting funds to productive infrastructure."
The plan would subject every new sovereign-debt issuance to a national referendum and restrict the proceeds to productive infrastructure. It shifts borrowing decisions to citizens, at the cost of slower and more formal approval cycles.

Scandinavian Police in Rosario

Social Work vs Cartels
Kimi k2
Kimi k2
"Deploy community police units requiring '100 hours of community engagement' before patrolling, co-developing protocols with neighborhood councils."
In Rosario, the concept builds neighborhood police units that must log extensive community-engagement hours and co-develop protocols with residents before patrolling. It imports prevention-oriented, relationship-focused policing models into Argentina's urban conflict zones.

The Citizen Debt Audit

Selective Default
Kimi k2
Kimi k2
"Launch a 'citizen-led debt audit' to identify and repudiate 'odious' or illegitimate debt, while honoring remaining obligations."
The text revives the notion of a citizen-led debt audit to separate so-called "odious" or illegitimate claims from the rest, with the option to repudiate specific obligations. That strategy would require extensive renegotiation with creditors and carry significant legal and financial consequences.
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The Soy Standard

Commodity Currency
Mistral
Mistral
"Implement a dual-track monetary system where the peso is maintained but backed by a basket of commodities and foreign reserves."
On currency design, the plan promotes a two-track system in which the peso remains but is backed by a basket of commodities and foreign reserves. It tries to anchor the currency's value in resource-export income while accepting greater exposure to volatile global prices.

Budgetary Suicide

UBI in Crisis
Mistral
Mistral
"Implement a universal basic income (UBI) set at the poverty line... combined with Government-guaranteed jobs."
For social protection, the option pairs a universal basic income set at the poverty line with a government job guarantee. It imports tools usually debated in more stable economies into a crisis context, with huge fiscal and monetary implications.
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Confiscatory Tax

Capital Flight
Mistral
Mistral
"A 5% annual net wealth tax on assets above $10M."
This measure levies a 5% annual tax on net wealth above a $10M threshold, far higher than most international wealth-tax experiments. It seeks major new revenue from the very top of the asset distribution, with knock-on effects for investment choices and where capital is parked.