Artificial Intelligence

Citizen Assemblies and AI

Led by: Danielle Allen & Claudia Chwalisz

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

  • 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

This workshop is part of an InnovateUS Series called Democratic Engagement
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Danielle Allen

Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard Kennedy School

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Claudia Chwalisz

Founder and CEO, DemocracyNext

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Format: online

Date & Time: October 29, 2025, 3:00 PM ET

Duration: 60-minutes

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