WP1984—If Only Machines Were Angels

This whitepaper explores how constitutional principles—originally designed to restrain human power—can also restrain intelligent machines. Neither men nor machines are angels; that’s why we need checks and balances on both. We propose Legislative, Executive, and Judicial AIs that check one another and human actors—while still supporting human decision-making. Machines don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear—nor are they swayed by greed or bias. Working together, humans and AIs might succeed where humans alone have failed.
(Case in point: the Administrative State.)