The Man Who Ran a Chatbot For Mayor | Interview

We interview the Wyoming man who ran for mayor on the promise that he would exclusively use a customized ChatGPT bot to run the city. This is a clip from episode 97: https://youtu.be/MYCPc0sfv1k Guests: Victor Miller, former candidate for mayor in Cheyenne, Wyoming @AIforMayor / X Mayoral Candidate Vows to Let VIC, an AI Bot, Run Wyoming’s Capital City https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/19/artificial-intelligence-mayor-cheyenne-vic/ Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Insta: Kevin Roose- https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/?hl=en Casey Newton - https://www.instagram.com/crumbler/?hl=en Twitter (X): Kevin - https://x.com/kevinroose?s=20 Casey - https://x.com/CaseyNewton?s=20 Threads: Kevin - https://www.threads.net/@kevinroose Casey - https://www.threads.net/@crumbler Subscribe to the audio only podcast: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-fork/id1528594034 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/44fllCS2FTFr2x2kjP9xeT?si=f4a017fd2201479d Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7c7fe198-e6a8-41a8-b0fe-1d46b976dcd8/hard-fork Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9sMmk5WW5UZA== The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork Credits “Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones . Edited by Jen Poyant Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano. Our audience is Nell Gallogly. Video production by Ryan Manning and Chris Schodt. Motion graphics by Phil Robibero Thumbnails by Julia Moburg, Elizabeth Bristow, and Harshal Duddalwar Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.