Promising Opportunities, Distinct Risks: AI and Digital Public Squares

Could AI help design better, more democratic platforms and online environments for public discourse? What are the opportunities, challenges, and risks of deploying AI in contexts where people are engaged in political discussion? Today’s guests are among the more than two dozen authors of a new paper on AI and the future of digital public squares:

• Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador and former Digital Minister
• Ravi Iyer, managing director of the USC Marshall School Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making
• Beth Goldberg, head of R&D at Jigsaw and a lecturer at Yale School of Public Policy