2 papers
cs.CY2026
Can AI mediation improve democratic deliberation?
Michael Henry Tessler, Georgina Evans, Michiel A. Bakker +8
The strength of democracy lies in the free and equal exchange of diverse viewpoints. Living up to this ideal at scale faces inherent tensions: broad participation, meaningful delib…
cs.CY2024
AI and the Future of Digital Public Squares
Beth Goldberg, Diana Acosta-Navas, Michiel Bakker +24
Two substantial technological advances have reshaped the public square in recent decades: first with the advent of the internet and second with the recent introduction of large lan…