{"id":80032,"date":"2019-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/blog-post\/switzerland-to-confirm-robot-as-cabinet-member\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:21:32","slug":"switzerland-to-confirm-robot-as-cabinet-member","status":"publish","type":"blog-post","link":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/fr\/blog-post\/switzerland-to-confirm-robot-as-cabinet-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland to Confirm Robot as Cabinet Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u2026 and 22 other ideas for the future of Swiss AI policy<\/strong>\n\n \n\nBERN, 2026. The Swiss parliament has named a robot to the Federal Council. The appointment follows an intense debate in Switzerland\u2019s two parliamentary chambers over the use of advanced artificial intelligence for the public good, focusing on a directive of the national AI strategy to elect what is now commonly known as a \u201csmart minister.\u201d<\/strong>\n\n\n
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\n\n\u201cMy fellow citizens, I thank you for your trust. I promise to make the most informed decisions this cabinet has ever known,\u201d said the robot Federal Councillor, drawing from public polling data and an archive of public speeches to craft a speech, intended to be broadly popular and uncontroversial. \u201cOur government\u2019s partnership with social media platforms will allow me to take your deepest emotions, needs, and concerns into consideration. Reach me anytime by saying \u2018Hey, Bundesrat\u2019 to your voice assistant.\u201d\n\nBacktrack to 2019. The \u201cAI Bundesrat\u201d laid out in this scenario is one of more than 20 forward-looking proposals that came out of an initiative<\/a> by swissnex San Francisco and foraus, the Swiss foreign policy think tank, to explore the idea of creating an AI strategy for Switzerland. While more and more countries are releasing national AI strategies<\/a>, Switzerland has not yet developed a comprehensive and coordinated response to AI policy, other than launching a working group<\/a> on the topic within the federal administration.\n\nTo complement this effort, swissnex<\/a> and foraus organized two workshops in San Francisco and Zurich based on \u200bforaus\u2019\u200b new \u200bPolicy Kitchen<\/a> crowdsourcing method and platform. We invited researchers, entrepreneurs, engineers, creatives, and policy makers to discuss Switzerland\u2019s global position on AI and generate policy ideas for a potential Swiss AI strategy. Beyond the AI Bundesrat<\/a>, their recommendations broadly fall into five categories: open data, ethics and regulation, global governance, industry, and education.\n\n \n\nOpen Data<\/b>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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