How is AI changing participation?
Have you noticed a shift happening everywhere at once? A chatbot helps residents access public services and share their opinions in Bogotá. Over in Derry, an AI tool helps facilitators surface common ground in a community dialogue. AI now reads thousands of participant responses in a fraction of the time it would take a team of analysts. Different tools, same underlying questions: what should AI actually be doing in democratic participation, what requires guardrails, and what should it be kept away from?
A new report from the OECD and the German Bertelsmann Stiftung, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Citizen Participation, takes these questions seriously. Drawing on 50 use cases from 22 countries, it maps nine ways AI is being used in participation – as well as the risks, from exclusion and skewed outputs to the temptation to simulate public opinion rather than consult the public.
Join People Powered for a webinar unpacking the findings alongside case studies from practitioners already putting these tools to work. Featuring:
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Case study presentations by Ireland Twiggs, Program Manager at Co-operation Ireland and Patiphan Srichai, Data Analyst at WeVis Thailand
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Research report highlights and takeaways from Stefan Roch, Project Manager at Bertelsmann Stiftung, and Giulia Cibrario, Policy Analyst at OECD
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Moderation by Nikhil Kumar, Senior Resource Manager at People Powered
After presentations, a moderated discussion will be held and questions from the audience will be taken. DeliberAIde will be used fpr visualizations and summaries to demonstrate the potential of AI tools to support deliberation.