"The AI Democracy Dilemma" (David Altman, Journal of Democracy; author not printed in the packet)

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Thesis

AI Makes direct democracy by citizens (initiatives and referendums) cheaper, faster, and more frequent. It also erodes the conditions that make it legitimate, turning a “safety valve” into an engine of plebiscitarian instability

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3 Domains AI Transforms (C-M-P)

  1. creation/agenda setting (LLMs draft airtight laws)

  2. mobilization (voter targeting, signature gathering)

  3. persuasion (personalized messages for each voter)


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3 Historical Barriers AI Removers

  1. expertise

  2. logistics

  3. persuasion


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3 Pillars of legitimacy AI erodes (D-T-C)

  1. Deliberation

  2. Civil society

  3. Trust


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2 Futures of democracy with AI

  1. Automated plebiscites

  2. Augmented deliberation


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Slovakia 2023

Deepfake audio of a liberal candidate discussing vote-rigging

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India 2024

AI-powered robocalls were used in efforts to deliver hyper-personalized messages to voters

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Link to textbook

Rousseau’s direct democracy & general will - can the general will be “engineered“

Supports Mill - deliberation and representation over plebiscites

Plato - masses swayed by persuasion rather than knowledge