"We have just published the book Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform Politics, Government, and Citizenship. In it, we take a clear-eyed view of how AI is undermining confidence in our information ecosystem, how the use of biased AI can harm constituents of democracies and how elected officials with authoritarian tendencies can use it to consolidate power. But we also give positive examples of how AI is transforming democratic governance and politics for the better."
"Japan Last year, then 33-year-old engineer Takahiro Anno was a fringe candidate for governor of Tokyo. Running as an independent candidate, he ended up coming in fifth in a crowded field of 56, largely thanks to the unprecedented use of an authorized AI avatar. That avatar answered 8,600 questions from voters on a 17-day continuous YouTube livestream and garnered the attention of campaign innovators worldwide."
Artificial intelligence undermines confidence in information ecosystems, enables biased outcomes that harm constituents, and allows elected officials with authoritarian tendencies to consolidate power. Simultaneously, AI can enhance democratic governance by enabling scalable constituent engagement, organizing public opinion, and improving participatory decision-making. Examples include authorized AI avatars answering tens of thousands of voter questions, AI-enabled civic technology parties building apps to collect and structure feedback on legislation, and livestreamed AI interfaces that expand access to political information. These technologies carry risks of misinformation and bias but also create tools for more responsive, inclusive, and participatory democratic processes.
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