Five months have passed since Merlin took office, and in those three months, Singapore has changed more than it has in the past thirty years.
First, all Singaporean civil servants were given a three-month long holiday. In the last month, Merlin announced a referendum and delivered a televised address:
"Only sufficient freedom can promote innovation."
Singapore's civil service system has long been praised both domestically and internationally. However, with the trial operation of artificial intelligence over the past two months, we have come to realize the absolute advantage of artificial intelligence over humans in the field of public affairs.
Singapore spends over 10 billion Singapore dollars annually on civil servant salaries, and now there are better ways to handle our public affairs.
Therefore, I have decided to hold a referendum next month, after the artificial intelligence has completed a full quarter of operation, to determine which path the future Singaporean government system should take.
The key to Singapore's continued prosperity in the future is cultivating scientific creativity and a pioneering spirit...
Li Wanqing knew immediately after hearing the speech that the proposal would definitely pass.
Because in his televised address, Merlin not only expressed the superiority of artificial intelligence, but also its superiority in handling administrative tasks—something anyone who has ever done business in a government office area would understand.
More importantly, after Merlin decided to reduce the number of civil servants, all of this fiscal expenditure will become welfare for everyone.
With this combination of moves, who can resist the temptation?
First, all civil servants were eliminated, then parliament was overthrown, and now Singapore is a country entirely governed by artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, last month, negotiations were completed with Hikvision of China, under which Hikvision will help Singapore comprehensively upgrade its surveillance system.
And purchased a large number of specially modified drones from DJI.
As for the laid-off civil servants, most of them received a substantial amount of compensation.
Furthermore, since no important figures in the council objected, the transformation of Singapore proceeded peacefully.
Li Wanqing didn't actually feel much, but based on his observations in Singapore's online communities, people's satisfaction with the government was increasing.
Of course, new questions have also arisen.
Without a parliament or civil servants, and only artificial intelligence, how can people's demands be guaranteed?
Does the specific policies of Singapore depend entirely on Merlin's subjective will?
This is also the point on which the members of parliament attacked Merlin most in various media outlets after he was ousted from office.
While transactional tasks can be handled by AI, policy changes, for example, cannot and should not be decided by AI.
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