In Japan, there is someone following our lead: an AI engineer named Takahiro Anno, who is also a science-fiction writer and member of the Diet, Japan's parliament. A couple of years ago Anno-san read the Plurality book that I wrote together with Glen Weyl, Tenzin and many others, and decided to act on it in Japanese politics. He called me via video and said, "Nobody knows me, nobody under the age of 40 has ever successfully run for Tokyo governor before, and I have no party support." But Anno-san decided to run not as a partisan, but as a VTuber. He has a 24/7 streaming channel as an avatar, and anybody can call this "AI Anno" and update his platform in real time, which he announced as his platform. Anno-san received about 2.3% of the Tokyo vote, which is a lot, though of course he did not win. Yuriko Koike, who did win, then brought him in to run the AI Tokyo 2050 consultation. Anno-san gained national popularity, and so in 2025 he became a member of Japan's House of Councillors, and founded Team Mirai — the Future Party, which now holds 11 seats in the House of Representatives, with broad listening as their main platform to align AI with Japanese society.