Could An AI Chatbot Be Mayor? Marlborough Teens Tackle Tech DebateJuly 28, 2026A teen debate team has taken on the challenge of arguing an AI chatbot would make a better mayor than a human by the year 2055. The Marlborough Youth Debate Club hosted the relaxed and jovial debate where three Marlborough Boys’ College Year 11 students argued against two Marlborough District Council staffers and an entrepreneur. The debate, held at the Marlborough Youth Trust MySpace on Monday, centred on the statement: “By 2055, the most qualified candidate for mayor will be an AI chatbot.” Student Joshua White argued an AI mayor would have more consistent decision-making, as it lacked the ideological and party loyalties of a human mayor.