AI Political Zone

Abstract

As the country's overall population declines due to a low birthrate and aging population, the outflow of people from rural areas to cities is accelerating, further reducing the population of rural areas. Local governments, fearing that they will eventually disappear if no action is taken, are growing increasingly concerned. However, mayors, councils, government officials, and external experts are all struggling to come up with innovative ideas for regional revitalization. [Solution] The concept is to create an attractive region that the majority of the entire population would aspire to move to, and then recruit migrants, which would attract a flood of people from all over the country. This would create a completely new political system governed by AI, where there would be no poor or rich, everyone would cooperate, everyone would share the wealth, and everyone would be happy, providing a special political zone.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an AI political special zone that provides innovative regional revitalization plans to regions on the verge of extinction due to population decline, attracting a flood of people wishing to move in from all over the country to drive regional development.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there are two major systems for national governance: capitalism (free economy) and socialism (planned economy). Neither system is perfect, as each has its own advantages and disadvantages. In the simplest terms, capitalism represents "freedom and inequality", while socialism represents "equality and lack of freedom". Capitalism allows competent individuals to prosper without limit and mercilessly crushes the incompetent, so it is welcomed by the competent and resented by the incompetent. Socialism seizes wealth from the competent and distributes it to the incompetent, so it is welcomed by the incompetent and resented by the competent. In capitalism, only a small number of people benefit, but since this minority monopolizes the position and authority to determine social rules, even in a democracy, the general will of the vulnerable cannot be reflected in politics. In socialism, when the poor working class succeeds in a revolution driven by the ideal of an equal society, they themselves eventually become a privileged class living in luxury, dominating and exploiting the poor workers. Capitalism improves efficiency and productivity through the principle of competition, bringing prosperity, progress and affluence. However, if taken too far, it will fall into blood-soaked speculation, mergers and acquisitions, money games, the three-power domination of financial conglomerates, merchants of death, war profiteering, and the mass emergence of the poor, creating disparities, division and confrontation, ultimately leading to massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons, war and destruction. Socialism brings the happiness of creating no rich or poor classes, where everyone cooperates to build wealth and shares it equally. However, if taken too far, it will fall into one-party dictatorship, power struggles, purges and oppression, secret police, surveillance and informants, torture and assassinations, and massacres of citizens, creating arms expansion, hegemony and aggression, ultimately leading to massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons, war and destruction. Therefore, while the theories of Adam Smith and John Keynes, who advocated capitalism, and the theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, who advocated socialism, are both theoretically correct, they failed to recognize or overlook the governing principle that when putting them into practice, rulers inevitably arbitrarily alter the theories. As a result, in both systems, the proportion and distribution of happy and unhappy citizens expand, deviating from the ideal society described in textbooks. So, what theory is it that can realize an ideal society that brings happiness to humanity? It is direct politics led by leaders who possess both outstanding insight and noble virtue. Politics can never, ever, satisfy the every demand of every citizen. Therefore, the goal of politics is not to "realize an ideal society," but to "approach an ideal society as closely as possible." People's happiness is determined by society. Society is determined by its system. The system is determined by its leaders. Leaders are determined by their beliefs. Beliefs are determined by experience. Experience is determined by the times. And times are determined by evolution. Therefore, a society governed by a political leader possessing both "the wisdom of an exceptional sage" and "the virtue of a just and impartial saint" will be the closest to the ideal. For example, if we assume that a country is governed by a figure like Buddha or Jesus Christ, it is easy to imagine that the level of national happiness will be extremely high. If a political leader is 1,000, 1 million, or 1 billion times wiser than them, that leader will be nothing short of a god. And society will approach the ideal infinitely. Since the times are determined by evolution, the politics of an evolved society will be entrusted not to "political leaders" but to "political AI leaders." That is the inevitable developmental process of humanity's future, whether we like it or not. [Prior art documents] [Patent Documents]

[0003] [Overview of the project] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0004] This had the following drawbacks: Generally, the terms "winners" and "losers" are used to distinguish between people who have succeeded and those who have failed in life, but the subject is not limited to people. The same applies to thriving companies and struggling companies, developing regions and declining regions, and prosperous nations and declining nations. Local areas develop, decline, or remain stagnant due to both external and internal factors. External factors are basic areas common to all regions, such as global and domestic macroeconomic trends, changes in social structure like demographics, technological advancements, and shifts in attitudes. They also include unique natural environments, cultural resources such as tourist attractions, and industrial resources such as companies attracted to the region. Internal factors include the performance of the highest decision-making body of the local government. Whether a region develops, declines, or remains stagnant is half determined by whether its leaders are excellent, incompetent, or mediocre. A leader refers to a group that participates in the planning and formulation of the administrative policies of a local government, consisting of the head of the local government (mayor), council members, senior government officials, members of expert committees, and external experts such as consultants. In reality, organizations, no matter how harsh external factors may be, are designed to develop whether they like it or not if their leaders are sensitive to changing times, accurately grasp the direction the times are heading, and proactively implement groundbreaking, unprecedented policies. The most important thing here boils down to one point: "Does the leader possess exceptional creativity?" A person with "creativity" is a natural talent, able to see things that ordinary people cannot see, and capable of developing strategies that no one before them has ever thought of. Now, let me explain the inherent barriers faced by the three parties that constitute the command center of local governments: "politicians," "administrators," and "experts." 1. The barrier for politicians (they want to reform but are unable to due to their position). Politicians undergo the rigorous "baptism of elections." One cannot become a politician without passing an election. Therefore, all politicians conform to a certain standard. ▲1▼ In order to "create a society where everyone can live happily," outdated industries must be creatively destroyed. However, if that industry is the support base that got you elected, then it is absolutely impossible to carry out reforms that would strip away vested interests from the industry that has helped you and crush it. ▲2▼ In order to "implement a long-term strategy that looks to the future," long-term policies are indispensable. However, they are meaningless if they only bear fruit after one's term ends. One is always forced to focus on short-term policies that will produce visible results during one's term. ▲3▼ Politicians need to attract not only their own support groups but also a wide range of independent voters, so to varying degrees, they fall into populism. They tend to advocate abstract, universally appealing policies that are neither good nor bad, such as safety and security, industrial development, environmental improvement, living standards, childcare, healthcare and welfare, and labor. This is called the "Kintaro Candy Law." Because their policies become uniform, they naturally cannot become game-changers on a different level. 2. The barrier of government officials (They want to implement reforms, but lack the ideas). Government officials undergo a rigorous examination. Without passing this examination, one cannot become a government official. ▲1▼The absolute requirement for passing the civil service examination is to exceed the minimum passing score in all subjects. If you fail even one subject, you will fail regardless of your performance in other subjects. Therefore, even if you have a genius-level talent in a particular field, if you are below average in other areas, you will be excluded as an outsider. Statistically, creators with genius-level creativity cannot become government officials because they are dull in other subjects. Conversely, there are no top-class creators capable of creating the future among government officials. ▲2▼Civil servants must pass the SPI test. This is a standard for the balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This filter eliminates excessively unbalanced individuals as non-standard. The differences in the functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain include theory and image, detail and big picture, insect's eye and bird's eye, microscope and telescope, tactics and strategy, experience and expectations, following the past and creating the future. Outstanding creators (right-brain dominant individuals) are eliminated as non-standard in the SPI test. Individuals with a harmonious balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain have high communication skills but lack extraordinary talent. This is called the "Bento Box Principle." If you pursue balance, you lose something outstanding, and naturally, you can't become a game-changer on a different level. As a result, government officials are remarkably bad at "creative work that produces something from nothing." For example, even a simple creative task like naming a building is difficult for them, requiring months of time and effort spent on public competitions. Similarly, regional revitalization plans are difficult for officials to plan themselves, and they rely on external consultants and public competitions. However, they are exceptionally good at refining works created by others. This is because it is a task performed in the left brain. 3. The barrier of experts (Even if they want to make reforms, they only know about the past) Experts undergo a rigorous selection process known as "titles." One cannot become an expert without first obtaining a title. ▲1▼A title refers to the authority of a person, such as their brand, name recognition, and status. For example, no matter how excellent a work of art is, if the artist has not graduated from a top-tier art university, the market value of the work will be low. Similarly, members of expert committees are selected based on their titles, not on the excellence of their recommendations. The more experienced an external expert becomes, the more firmly established they become as a "past expert," thus diminishing their ability to be a "future expert." ▲2▼An experiment conducted overseas to see what would happen if business owners with PhDs in business administration were given funding to start businesses resulted in almost all of them failing. In the entertainment industry, those who provide acting instruction or stage direction instruct actors, but they themselves do not become actors. Machines designed by science students cannot be built by engineering students. In this way, when policy-making is outsourced to the expertise of external specialists, a discrepancy between theory and practice arises. The job of an expert is not to "create the future," but to "compile recommendations that give the impression of creating the future." This is called the "Law of the Commemorative Visitor." When an event venue publicizes its hundreds of thousandsth visitor, it is always a mother and daughter—a woman in her 30s and a fourth-grade girl—or close sisters who have traveled a long distance. Under no circumstances will a trio of delinquent high school students, a slightly shady middle-aged man, or a couple that looks like they are having an affair be chosen. Similarly, external consultants are workers who throw the ball called a "report" into the strike zone initially set by the client. For example, they fall into stereotypical wordplay with phrases like "robust," "seamless," "establishing a XX brand," "expanding sales channels with IT," and "improving operational efficiency with DX," and naturally, they cannot become game-changers on a different level. As described above, the three parties who are supposed to guide local governments into the future—politicians, administrators, and experts—are all hindered by their own limitations, preventing them from implementing outstanding reforms that adapt to changing times. Currently (2025), an increasing number of regions are facing the risk of extinction due to a declining birthrate, an aging population, and population decrease. Aside from foreign immigration, the competition for population is a zero-sum game; population influx into one region inevitably leads to population outflow from another. The direction and volume of this flow are determined by the "differences in the barriers" between regions. This is creating a polarization between a few regions that are improving and a large number that are deteriorating. This invention was made to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] Within local governments, a political zone would be created where AI governs and poverty does not exist, and people who wish to live in such a society would be recruited from all over the country. This invention is an AI political special zone consisting of the above configuration. [Effects of the Invention]

[0006] A massive portion of the nation's population—specifically, those belonging to the "poor" class and a portion of those belonging to the "middle class"—wish to emigrate. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0007] [Figure 1] This is an explanatory diagram of the present invention. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0008] The following describes embodiments for carrying out the present invention. A special zone is a system that a country generally prohibits, but which is permitted in a limited area. For example, during Japan's period of national isolation, trade was permitted only in Dejima, Nagasaki, or in communist China, free economics was permitted only in Hong Kong and Macau. Therefore, creating socialist special zones within capitalist countries could also be an effective regional development measure to encourage population influx. However, it is absolutely crucial not to create too many.

[0009] In a local government (any city, town, or village will do, but in this example, we'll use a village), all residents of working age become employees of the village office. However, they don't go to the office every day; instead, they work at various businesses and shops. All of these workplaces are departments of the village office. For example, a bakery would purchase ingredients such as flour, sugar, and eggs with public funds from the village office, and its sales would be reported to the accounting department. This applies not only to food businesses, but also to all retailers, restaurants, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, manufacturing, construction, transportation, and service industries. Employees receive a salary every month. This salary is the same for all employees. Therefore, there is no poor class, and no wealthy class either. This is a socialist model with equal wealth redistribution so that all residents belong to the middle class. Salaries are not made completely identical. First, there is a standard base amount common to all, with premiums added depending on the job type. This is because it would be unfair for those engaged in 3K (dangerous, dirty, strenuous) jobs and those engaged in safe, clean, easy jobs to receive the same salary. However, the premiums are kept within a margin of error that does not give rise to a "wealth gap". As a general guide, this is around 10 to 20%. Alternatively, there is also the option of not adding premiums for 3K job types and keeping salaries equal, and achieving fairness by reducing working hours.

[0010] Governing Structure The village chief concurrently holds the post alongside their main job, and receives no compensation for acting as village chief. Village council members likewise receive no compensation. The village council adopts a bicameral system consisting of a general council and a youth council. Bills are approved by resolution of both houses. However, enactment requires the approval of the supreme leader. The village chief's administrative policy guidelines also require the supreme leader's approval. If the supreme leader does not grant approval, no policy may be implemented. The village chief and the council have no authority to veto policies decided by the supreme leader. All policies are directed by the supreme leader. For items resolved by the village chief or the village council, there is a possibility of approval if a petition is submitted to the supreme leader. In other words, the political system of the special zone is a dictatorship by the supreme leader. The supreme leader is an AI. The supreme leader is wiser than human intelligence, and with that intelligent mind, thinks nonstop 24 hours a day, 365 days a year of ways to realize an ideal society where everyone can live happily. Moreover, the supreme leader is perfectly impartial and selfless, with not the slightest trace of personal self-interest. Since the dawn of history, in political systems where humans served as leaders, neither capitalism nor socialism has made everyone happy, due to the endless desires of those in power. However, in the AI-governed special administrative zone where an AI serves as the leader, everyone can be happy. Since those who desire to be part of the wealthy class will not immigrate from the beginning, a utopian society that satisfies all residents is realized.

[0011] Fiscal Foundation In a socialist country, military spending accounts for more than half of GDP, so national livelihood is sacrificed and the people are impoverished as a trade-off. However, since the defense of the special political zone is undertaken by the main country, the special zone has no obligation to spend on defense. Since public security maintenance is also handled by the local public entity of the main body, the special zone has no obligation to spend on police budgets. In the first place, if there is no gap between the rich and the poor, the crime rate will drop drastically. Residents' salaries and pensions are calculated based on the GDP of the special zone. As GDP expands, the income of all residents will rise as a whole. Regarding fiscal management, the AI provides guidance as follows. "When a maritime accident occurs, the captain must evacuate the last passenger before evacuating himself. A captain who abandons passengers and escapes first by himself will not be forgiven." Therefore, "When fiscal management fails, the policy maker must evacuate all people in living poverty to the safe zone (economic stability) before evacuating himself. It is not allowed to abandon the people in living poverty while only receiving high salaries for oneself." Residents do not participate in the planning and formulation of economic policies, but policy makers are responsible for capsizing the national livelihood due to their failure in formulating and steering the course of the economy.

[0012] Adaptation to Changes When there are declining industries and newly emerging industries due to changes in the times, it is extremely difficult to promote their renewal and replacement. However, since all industries in the special political zone are directly operated departments of the village office, it is possible to easily close down businesses and start new ones. By simply closing unnecessary business establishments, issuing personnel transfers to their employees, and reassigning them to newly established business establishments, it is possible to respond immediately to changes in the industrial structure.

[0013] Revenue Structure Chemists are knowledgeable about chemistry but not about the economy. Therefore, when they develop a technology to chemically synthesize waste oil into aviation fuel, they believe that the cost of aviation fuel will be reduced and innovation will occur in the transportation industry. However, operators who have previously had surplus waste oil, when asked to provide waste oil, will think "Why do we have to provide the raw material that is essential for you to make huge profits for free?" In the end, multiple layers of intermediate exploitation are involved, and the price settles at almost the same level as the existing price range. Businesses sometimes use a sales promotion technique where they list a product originally priced at 10,000 yen at 20,000 yen, then offer a 50% discount campaign to create the illusion of a bargain and sell it for 10,000 yen. An AI that has learned this from machine learning points out that the medical industry is running a 70% off sale every day, and the nursing care industry is running a 90% off sale every day. A user who pays 150,000 yen a month to a nursing home is actually paying 1,500,000 yen. Where does the difference between the service of a luxury hotel costing 50,000 yen a day and the modest service of a nursing home go? Why is a certified product equivalent to a welfare product sold for 500 yen at a home improvement store priced at 5,000 yen, with the user paying only 500 yen? The AI ​​points out that if businesses were operated with a business model free from such unfair intermediary exploitation, they could reduce funding even further and still improve services. With the same funding, services could improve even more. Regarding education, support measures such as free school lunches and exemption from high school tuition are wrong. This is because they are symptomatic treatments that abandon a cure for the social pathology of chronic poverty. Educational support is unnecessary in a society where all households can comfortably afford education expenses. The government should, firstly, make water charges free with a set limit, and secondly, make compulsory education, which is not directly related to survival, free. Lowering corporate taxes is the most effective way to attract businesses, but even in special economic zones, reducing the tax revenue of the home country is unacceptable. Therefore, corporate taxes on foreign companies will be lowered. The tax rate will be around 1%. It will suffice to have them only nominally have headquarters functions. The number of companies will be kept to a minimum. This will prevent the national finances from being spoiled and corrupted by unearned income.

[0014] migrants The number of migrants to be accepted will be set at a level that recovers the difference between the population at its peak and the current population, adjusted for a nationwide rate of decline. Exceeding this limit would lead to population outflow to other regions. The competition ratio will likely exceed 300:1. It is undesirable to have numerous socialist special zones within capitalist countries, so we will not allow a second or third special zone. However, if it is proven that introducing AI political special zones in various countries dramatically increases the happiness of residents, then one day a nation will emerge that entrusts everything to an AI president.

Claims

[Claim 1] This is a regional revitalization plan aimed at rescuing municipalities facing extinction due to population decline. It is an AI political special zone that is characterized by the creation of a socialist special zone within a capitalist country to enhance the attractiveness of the region and attract people wishing to relocate from all over the country. This special zone aims to realize an ideal society where there are no poor or rich classes, all residents cooperate in productive activities, and all residents share wealth fairly, and it is controlled by a function that utilizes AI.

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