3 papers
cs.CY2025
Democratic AI is Possible. The Democracy Levels Framework Shows How It Might Work
Aviv Ovadya, Kyle Redman, Luke Thorburn +11
This position paper argues that effectively "democratizing AI" requires democratic governance and alignment of AI, and that this is particularly valuable for decisions with systemi…
cs.HC2025
Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders
Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri +4
A growing body of work has shown that AI-assisted methods -- leveraging large language models, social choice methods, and collective dialogues -- can help navigate polarization and…
cs.CY2024
Shaping the Future of Social Media with Middleware
Luke Hogg, Renée DiResta, Francis Fukuyama +6
Middleware, third-party software intermediaries between users and platforms, has been broached as a means to decentralize the power of social media platforms and enhance user agenc…