Probabilistic Foundations of Partisan (Un)Sorting

Luke Thorburn

04-Oct-2023, 16:00-17:00 (6 months ago)

Abstract: Algorithms and governance systems designed to positively impact human conflict should be grounded in a valid model of what makes conflict better or worse. This talk presents a work-in-progress attempt to ground the most common technical operationalization of bridging (the idea of “commonality despite difference”, which Polis and X/Twitter Community Notes both use) in political / democratic / peacebuilding theory, and tie that really closely to a basic technical model of what I think this operationalization is likely doing at a population level — partisan unsorting. Throughout, I'll draw connections to existing concepts including perception gaps and surprising validation.

game theoryhuman-computer interactionsocial and information networkslaw and economics

Audience: researchers in the topic

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