# Andrew Curran says an AI Sovereign could replace democratic politics

> Original title: This won't go over well with the public. He's said for a long time that democracy doesn't work because politicians listen to the voters, ...

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:35:34.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/laiaxfv9qpzh933ugzsw96wzb
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2118759206253932805

## Summary

Andrew Curran argues that democracy fails because politicians respond to voters who demand bad policy. He says an AI Sovereign is the solution and predicts that this view will become a real movement. He adds that the public will not like the idea.

## Post

This won't go over well with the public. He's said for a long time that democracy doesn't work because politicians listen to the voters, and the voters demand bad policy. An AI Sovereign is the solution to this. Some version of this view will eventually become a real movement.

## Quoted post @bryan_caplan

> Human disempowerment now. 
> 
> It's time for the age of the folly and cruelty of human politics to end.
> 
> The median AI is so far above the median human voter in both knowledge and decency it's embarrassing.
> 
> Humanity should just take the L.

https://x.com/bryan_caplan/status/2118721563117687048