As people come to rely on AI tools to answer questions, they will likely use those tools to answer political questions as well. The answers that the AI companies choose…

Undue panic over AI could harm democracy more than AI itself. The author suggests that exaggerating AI’s effects might undermine trust in all media, posing a greater threat than isolated…

The author argues that law and regulation have never diagnosed and prevented social, political, and economic ills of new technology. AI is no different. AI regulation poses a greater threat…

The author highlights the potential for AI to power rather than usurp human intelligence, showing how AI can improve decision-making in government and scale the practice of democracy itself. 

Diminished state capacity leads to civic disengagement as governments remain risk-averse and fail to meet public service expectations. The author advocates for understanding bureaucratic constraints and using AI to build…

Digitally-mediated engagement serves as a foundation for larger societal goals, with AIenabled platforms accelerating the creation, curation, and consumption of information, reshaping public discourse. The authors emphasize the importance of…

The authors explore how AI can foster new forms of civic engagement and direct democracy at both local and national levels. They propose designing digital infrastructure to enable collective decision-making…

The authors describe a set of scalable “alignment assemblies” that can be used to enable progress, safety, and participation in democracy in an AI-enabled future. They describe how the lessons…

The author explores the vulnerabilities in our democratic system that AI will affect. He advocates for “protected democratic deliberation,” akin to citizen assemblies, as a strategy to safeguard democracy in…