Artificial intelligence and civil society participation in policy-making processes: Thinking about AI and participation

Autor: Solange Ghernaouti, Vanessa Hanifa, Maxime Stauffer, Anna Leander, Jérôme Duberry, Abhimanyu George Jain, Himanshu Verma, Alexandre Dormeier Freire, Jamie Berryhill, Sabrya Hamidi, Moritz Büchi, Yanina Welp, Olivier Leclère, Nathan Stern, Diego Garzia, Jasmine Lorenzini, Aljaz Kosmerlj
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: SSRN Electronic Journal.
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3817666
Popis: When discussing the role of digital technologies in pluralist democracies, artificial intelligence (AI) is probably the most controversial. This technology triggers the greatest hopes (e.g. AI can help making sense out of millions of comments) and at the same time raises many concerns (e.g. AI can reinforce existing biases). As AI remains quite difficult to grasp, including for those in a position to make a political decision (i.e., policy makers and citizens), the main objective of this workshop is to unpack the current promises and challenges associated with AI for democratic participation. This report presents a summary of the authors' contributions. The first session discusses conceptions of AI (the gap between reality and expectations, education challenges, and media frames). Session 2 considers promises and pitfalls of AI to foster citizen mobilization. Session 3 explores how AI can support collective intelligence processes, including civic tech. Session 4 discusses how AI transforms the role and the making of citizens. Session 5 presents key promises of AI for governments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE