Citizen Assemblies and AI

Explore how artificial intelligence can enhance citizen assemblies and other deliberative democratic innovations. Learn how AI can improve participant selection, facilitate small group discussions, synthesize complex policy information for lay participants, and help assemblies process expert evidence more effectively. Examine real-world examples of AI-supported assemblies and discover frameworks for maintaining democratic legitimacy while leveraging technology to make deliberative processes more accessible and effective. Moderated by Danielle Allen, Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard Kennedy School