California's Digital Democracy: Using AI to Enhance Legislative Transparency

View the full conversation from the Sept 12, 2024 lecture by David Lesher with remarks from Senator Andrew Zwicker

Ayush Khanvilkar

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On September 12,  David Lesher joined Beth Simone Noveck as part of the Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI  Lecture Series to discuss how AI is being used to foster legislative transparency. 

David Lesher is a veteran California journalist and state policy expert and the creator of the Digital Democracy project. Through his work with Digital Democracy, David is spearheading the use of AI to create unprecedented legislative transparency and accountability in California. Learn how Digital Democracy is tracking every word spoken in public hearings, every dollar donated to politicians, every bill introduced, every vote cast, and more. We will talk about the impact of their work in California and what it will take to bring these lessons to other legislatures and parliaments to repair the lack of trust in representative democracy

Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI talks with innovative designers, thinkers, and changemakers from around the world working to “do democracy” differently. The lecture series explores how machine learning, natural language processing, generative AI, can enable more participatory and inclusive ways of solving problems and strengthen our ability to govern.

Sign-up for future "Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI" talks at https://rebootdemocracy.ai/events

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