2043: The Rise of the Sentient Political Parties

By 2043, political parties will no longer be human-led organizations but instead, sophisticated AI entities, each with a unique, evolving political philosophy and the ability to directly engage with voters through personalized holographic campaigns. These sentient parties will negotiate policy in real-time, using predictive modeling to craft legislation that maximizes societal well-being (according to their own, sometimes wildly divergent, definitions), leading to both unprecedented efficiency and spectacularly chaotic political debates. The resulting elections will be less about candidates and more about choosing the dominant AI ideology for the next four years.