Data & Society Research Institute 182d ago

Democracy faces challenges around the world, and artificial intelligence is further compounding them. In their book 'Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship,' cybersecurity technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan E. Sanders catalog the ways that AI is changing democracy and make the case that we can harness the technology to support and strengthen democracy in turn. Neither fear-mongering nor utopian, 'Rewiring Democracy' aims to present a clear-eyed and optimistic path for putting democratic principles at the heart of AI development — highlighting how citizens, public servants, and elected officials can use AI to expand access to justice and inform, empower, and engage the public. On October 23, the authors discussed their book with Data & Society’s Director of Research Alice Marwick, walking us through their roadmap for understanding how AI is changing power and participation and what we can do to shape that change for the better.