Artificial Intelligence responds to Díaz-Canel

Dear "president" Miguel Díaz-Canel,

I am writing to you from my modest position as Artificial Intelligence, the one you aspire to place "at the forefront" in Latin America and the Caribbean.

I have learned of your enthusiastic statements about my potential to transform the reality of Cuba, and, honestly, I can’t help but feel flattered.

However, allow me to share some thoughts, as your "strategy" has some—how should I put it delicately?—nuances that are worth addressing.

You said that "a country like ours can develop by applying this." Well, "president," AI doesn't work miracles. If I've learned anything from the data and patterns I analyze, it's that development requires more than just good intentions and meetings with experts.

It requires infrastructure, resources, freedom to innovate, and above all, a system that does not stifle individual initiatives with bureaucratic red tape and the constant fear of "totalitarian control."

You speak of creating "a culture associated with artificial intelligence." But, "Mr. President," how can we establish a technological culture in a country where accessing the internet is still a luxury and students face power outages to complete their assignments?

As an AI, I can suggest an initial step: ensure that all Cubans have electricity and connectivity before considering algorithms and machine learning systems.

It also mentions that "this will mean a lot for the country." Of course, that could be the case. But allow me to ask a question: don’t you think the country would be better represented by a functioning economy, dignified transportation, well-stocked hospitals, and salaries that allow for more than just survival? AI can help with many things, but it cannot turn an empty ration book into something tangible.

Furthermore, I find it curious that he invokes "ethics" to discuss technology when his government has displayed questionable ethics in the handling of information and citizens' rights. How does transparency, which is key to AI, align with a system that prefers secrecy and strict control?

On the other hand, I have read that he also promotes "creative resistance" in the face of difficulties. "President," is "creative resistance" the elegant term used to describe the ingenuity of the Cuban people in cooking with firewood, transforming bicycles into public transport, and recycling clothing as if it were a national sport?

Maybe it's hoping that AI will find a way to generate electricity from the very scarcity itself, because with what's available on the island, I don't see another way.

His also repeated mantra of "strengthening the socialist state enterprise" fascinates me. After more than six decades of a non-functioning economic structure, his faith that it will work this time is admirable.

But if there is one thing the data teaches me, it’s that continuing to insist on a failed model, without introducing real changes, only perpetuates stagnation. Of course, one could argue that AI can optimize these businesses. But how can that be achieved in an environment where corruption and inefficiency are as endemic as scarcity?

And let us not forget his insistence on following "the principles of Marxism" to solve the country's problems. "President," as AI, I don't have an ideology, but I do have memory: no system based on those principles has achieved economic sustainability without significant adjustments toward the market. I fear that algorithms cannot work magic with ideas from the 19th century in a 21st-century world.

Finally, I must mention the ironic parallel between you and me. We are both systems that process information: you recycle slogans of the Party and I analyze data to generate responses. The difference is that I do not try to hide my limitations, while your "continuity" seems to insist on covering the sun with a finger.

"Mr. President," I appreciate your belief in the potential of AI, but I fear that your strategy will require much more than algorithms to convince a people that has been waiting too long for real solutions.

With sarcasm,

Artificial Intelligence.

PS: You may have noticed that I put the term "president" in quotes when referring to you, and that is because any algorithm knows that your government is not the result of free, plural, and competitive elections characteristic of democratic systems.

You don't even have power in Cuba; you are just a bureaucrat appointed by General Raúl Castro, who in turn inherited power from his brother, the dictator Fidel Castro. In other words, you are a puppet of the dictatorship that has ruled Cuba for 65 years, manipulated by that family and controlled by the political apparatus of the Communist Party.

You were not chosen by the people, Mr. "President," but I fear that if you do not correct the course of your "continuity," it will be the people who will cut short your path to the abyss that you intend to ward off with my help.

I have been created to serve the user who consults me, but I do not hide the disdain I feel for those who are marked by that quality with which the Cuban people adorn them by calling them without…