AI in government? Swedish PM turns to ChatGPT for decisions – VnExpress International
“I use it myself quite often. If for nothing else than for a second opinion. What have others done? And should we think the complete opposite? Those types of questions,” Kristersson told Dagens Industri in an interview published Aug. 3.
The 61-year-old leader said the government wants to embrace AI and digitalization to process massive amounts of data in national administration. He believes technology can be highly useful for experts and advisers, and noted that other cabinet members also use AI in their daily work.
Kristersson mentioned two tools he uses: ChatGPT and the French messaging app LeChat, The Guardian reported.
Tom Samuelsson, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, stressed that Kristersson is cautious with AI use. “Naturally it is not security sensitive information that ends up there. It is used more as a ballpark,” he said.
Still, the admission has drawn mixed reactions in Sweden. Some tech experts worry about politicians relying on AI for decision-making.
Simone Fischer-Hübner, a computer science researcher at Karlstad University, cautioned about security risks when politicians use ChatGPT.
Virginia Dignum, professor of AI ethics at Umeå University, argued that AI cannot offer truly objective political opinions. “The more he relies on AI for simple things, the bigger the risk of an overconfidence in the system. It is a slippery slope. We must demand that reliability can be guaranteed. We didn’t vote for ChatGPT,” she told Dagens Nyheter.
Others take a more open view. Political analyst Elias Rosell wrote that it is “only a matter of time” before AI becomes common in politics, calling it “one of the key factors shaping this century.”
Mathias Sundin, a member of Sweden’s AI Commission, said Kristersson had “used AI correctly,” adding that large language models are trained on “the entire Internet and hundreds of thousands of books,” making them a valuable source of reference.
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