“AI for Citizen Engagement” with Róbert Bjarnason of Citizens Foundation, Colin Megill of Polis, and Professor Ariel Procaccia of Harvard University

View the full conversation with with Róbert Bjarnason, Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center and co-founder of the Citizens Foundation, Colin Megill, co-founder of Polis and board member of The Computational Democracy Project, and Ariel Procaccia, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University about using and studying AI to enable new forms of democratic engagement. Moderated by Beth Simone Noveck, professor at Northeastern University, where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change and its partner project, The GovLab.

Published on October 26, 2023

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On October 26, the Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI lecture series hosted Róbert Bjarnason, Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center and co-founder of the Citizens Foundation, Colin Megill, co-founder of Polis and board member of The Computational Democracy Project, and Ariel Procaccia, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University for a conversation about using and studying AI to enable new forms of democratic engagement. They showcase these exciting new examples in practice, what problems they are solving, and the successes of these solutions in enabling more participatory governing and strengthening our democracy. Moderated by Beth Simone Noveck, professor at Northeastern University, where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change and its partner project, The GovLab.

Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI talks with innovative designers, thinkers, and changemakers from around the world working to “do democracy” differently in the age of AI.

To learn more about the series and read our blog on AI, democracy and governance, visit: https://rebootdemocracy.ai/. The series is hosted by the Burnes Center for Social Change and the GovLab, in partnership with the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.

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