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Episode 85 | Feb 29, 2024

Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang

What does a functioning democracy look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Could AI even be used to help a democracy flourish? Just in time for election season, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Audrey Tang, returns to the podcast to discuss healthy information ecosystems, resilience to cyberattacks, how to “pre-bunk” deepfakes, and more.

Other recommended reading

Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page

This academic paper addresses tough questions for Americans: Who governs? Who really rules? 

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Recursive Public

Recursive Public is an experiment in identifying areas of consensus and disagreement among the international AI community, policymakers, and the general public on key questions of governance

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A Strong Democracy is a Digital Democracy

Audrey Tang’s 2019 op-ed for The New York Times

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The Frontiers of Digital Democracy

Nathan Gardels interviews Audrey Tang in Noema

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