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The overview
The article argues that people and governments can shape AI, and proposes giving citizens a voice alongside experts and regulators. It suggests AI might help more people take part in public discussion, but reports that, as of December 2023, there was no evidence that AI facilitators did better than human facilitators. The author also warns about risks such as bias, privacy loss and excluding people who cannot read well or distrust technology, and calls for political, legal and social action as well as safe tools.
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Fears about AI and power
The article describes fears that AI could take jobs, worsen economic inequality, concentrate power in technology companies, and weaken governments’ ability to regulate those companies.
What this means and why it matters
What the idea means
The concerns include economic disruption and a shift of influence toward a few companies. The article also notes worry that weakened government structures could struggle to regulate them.
Why it matters
These concerns frame why the article asks who should shape AI and its effects.
Question this helps explore
What economic and political harms do people fear from AI?
Evidence and limits
These are fears presented by the article, not findings that the harms have already occurred.
Addresses: Concerns about AI’s effects on democracy
Fostering More Inclusive Democracy with AI · passages 1
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The risk of rule by algorithms
The article warns that governments and technology companies might hand human decisions to machines, risking rule by algorithms instead of by people.