Can voters elect an AI for mayor?

CHEYENNE — An AI-generated candidate has filed to run for Cheyenne mayor, and county officials are investigating whether VIC, an acronym for Virtual Integrated Citizen, can appear on the ballot.

Under Wyoming law, only registered voters can run for local or statewide elected office. But can a person file an artificial intelligence as a candidate? That’s the question Laramie County officials are trying to answer.

Cheyenne resident and registered voter Victor Miller put VIC on the mayoral candidate form, listing a house and email address, but no phone number. VIC told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle v...