Last year, tech founder Dan Thomson announced his plan to launch an AI-governed country. He even claimed to have acquired an island in the Philippines, naming it after his company, Sensay. Now the project is moving forward with thousands of sign-ups, even as its creator admits he is not entirely sure how it will end.
Per CNN, the island is intended to function as a micronation, governed by a council of AI-powered bots modeled after historical figures like Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Marcus Aurelius. While the island currently has no official international recognition, Thomson has already opened applications for residency, and he reports that around 12,000 people have already registered to be residents.
