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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is under fire after admitting that he uses artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT and France-based LeChat regularly to make decisions. During an interview with the business daily Dagens Industri, Kristersson described how he uses AI to get a second opinion on matters and poses questions such as, “What have other people done?” or “Should we think the opposite altogether?”
Although Kristersson claimed that such tools are not so important, as they are utilised to brainstorm rather than to make serious policies, critics claim that this poses some ethical and security issues. The backlash has generated a debate in the nation on the role of AI in political leadership.
Simone Fischer-Huenter, a computer science expert at Karlstad University, cautioned that sensitive information should not be handled using AI tools such as ChatGPT. She emphasised that AI is only capable of performing simple tasks, but it is not supposed to impact high-level political decisions.
In a similar vein, Virginia Dignum, professor of responsible AI at Umea University, observed that AI systems do not portray objective truths but rather the opinion of their creators. She warned about overreliance on AI when it is used regularly and said, “It is a slippery slope… We never voted for ChatGPT.”
Tom Samuelsson, spokesperson for Kristersson, defended the prime minister, saying that the tools are used on general ideas, not confidential or security issues. He made it clear that the prime minister is cautious and does not use AI in making final decisions.
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet severely criticised Kristersson in an editorial, accusing him of succumbing to the AI psychosis of the oligarchs and criticising the decision to rely on technology in political leadership.
