Handbook of Democracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

By exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence on democracies, this Handbook considers how AI can be used to upgrade democracies and the principles they are built on. Moving beyond the question of whether AI is ‘good’ or ‘bad’, leading experts examine how trustworthy AI systems can help repair, revive and strengthen democracy to support resilient self-governance.Bringing together diverse perspectives from computer science, law, political science, philosophy, ethics, engineering and health, the authors of this Handbook assess the opportunities presented by AI for improving public discussion through better information, reasoning and misinformation detection. They investigate how decentralized governance and self-organization, supported by human-machine collaboration, can balance community empowerment and human oversight. By reimagining more accountable digital democracy tools, this Handbook underscores the need to shape AI with democratic values in order to serve people, protect freedom and strengthen public life.The Handbook of Democracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence is an essential guide for scholars and students of political science and theory, as well as public policy, innovation policy, technology and engineering. Its timely insights will also benefit policymakers, civil servants, social scientists, and platform designers exploring the potential of AI for real-world applications, while democracies worldwide experience increasing pressure.