Security News > 2023 > April > AI to Aid Democracy

A.I. could advance the public good, not private profit, and bolster democracy instead of undermining it.

An A.I. built for public benefit could be tailor-made for those use cases where technology can best help democracy.

A public option A.I. could do more than check technology companies' honesty.

Highly influential people often rely on professional speechwriters and staff to help develop their thoughts, and A.I. could serve a similar role for everyday citizens.

Science fiction writer Ruthanna Emrys, in her remarkable novel A Half-Built Garden, imagines how A.I. might help people have better conversations and make better decisions-rather than taking advantage of these biases to maximize profits.

Building one, through a government-directed model development and deployment program, would require a lot of effort-and the greatest challenges in developing public A.I. systems would be political.

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