Civic AI

Abstract: Matt Stempeck discusses Civic AI

How specifically are civic tech platforms introducing AI features to enhance democracy? Especially within participation platforms? And will these efforts be enough against a broader context of AI harms (supplanting human involvement in things, disrupting institutions, and being used against democratic actors)?

For the past nine years, Matt has curated the Civic Tech Field Guide (https://civictech.guide/), the world’s largest and most open collection of democracy tech tools, data, and programs. Between caretaking the Civic Tech Graveyard of projects that are no longer with us, and collecting over 200 examples of civic AI (https://civictech.guide/ai/).

He brings experience building civic tech at tech giants, activist organizations, city government partnerships, and media companies to keep an eye on what’s working, and what really isn’t.

game theoryhuman-computer interactionsocial and information networkslaw and economics

Audience: researchers in the discipline

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