You don’t even need AI for this, a very simple easy to audit algorithm could take care of it.
Hell, have it generate a few dozen versions that are all approximately as good, and let representatives (or even better, the actual people) vote on which to use
AI isn’t magical, you give it instructions to get an output. It also uses history to base its decisions on. Both of those things need humans to guide it, and those same people making shitty decisions now will just use AI to cloak shit in an the guise of unbiased computers.
See, THIS. Is the kind of thing AI should actually be being used for.
You don’t even need AI for this, a very simple easy to audit algorithm could take care of it.
Hell, have it generate a few dozen versions that are all approximately as good, and let representatives (or even better, the actual people) vote on which to use
AI isn’t magical, you give it instructions to get an output. It also uses history to base its decisions on. Both of those things need humans to guide it, and those same people making shitty decisions now will just use AI to cloak shit in an the guise of unbiased computers.
Easier said than done.
Mapping is a very unique issue with a whole distinct set of mathematics whose is purpose is to try to make it easier, https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/discrete-mathematics-tutorial/#:~:text=Discrete Mathematics is a branch,logic-based statements%2C etc.
In addition to that, we’ve already seen AI school bus routes that had kids riding a bus until 9pm. https://fortune.com/2023/08/16/louisville-jefferson-school-bus-alpharoute-tech-firm-ohio-cincinnati/
Plainly put, having an AI that can understand districting and create districts based abstract ideas like “equal fairness” is quite difficult :(
I’d rather folks working on AI focus on stuff like making mapping better than on to better ways of ripping off artists and writers.
And they will, as soon as mapping is more profitable.
Which means probably never.
Unless
piratingprivateering becomes popular againThey do, just to rig it instead. Let’s use it to make fair maps.