How AI Threatens Democracy

IF 4.3 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Democracy Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1353/jod.2023.a907693

Sarah Kreps, Doug Kriner

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Abstract

Abstract: The explosive rise of generative AI is already transforming journalism, finance, and medicine, but it could also have a disruptive influence on politics. For example, asking a chatbot how to navigate a complicated bureaucracy or to help draft a letter to an elected official could bolster civic engagement. However, that same technology—with its potential to produce disinformation and misinformation at scale—threatens to interfere with democratic representation, undermine democratic accountability, and corrode social and political trust. This essay analyzes the scope of the threat in each of these spheres and discusses potential guardrails for these misuses, including neural networks used to identify generated content, self-regulation by generative-AI platforms, and greater digital literacy on the part of the public and elites alike.

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人工智能如何威胁民主

摘要:生成式人工智能的爆炸性崛起已经改变了新闻、金融和医学，但它也可能对政治产生破坏性影响。例如，询问聊天机器人如何应对复杂的官僚机构，或者帮助起草一封致民选官员的信，都可以促进公民参与。然而，同样的技术——有可能产生大规模的虚假信息和错误信息——有可能干扰民主代表，破坏民主问责制，侵蚀社会和政治信任。本文分析了这些领域的威胁范围，并讨论了这些滥用的潜在防范措施，包括用于识别生成内容的神经网络、生成人工智能平台的自我监管，以及公众和精英们更大的数字素养。

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Journal of Democracy POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

6.50%

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期刊介绍： Since its inception in 1990, the Journal of Democracy has become an influential international forum for scholarly analysis and competing democratic viewpoints. Its articles have been cited in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and widely reprinted in many languages. Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements in scores of countries around the world. Each issue features a unique blend of scholarly analysis, reports from democratic activists, updates on news and elections, and reviews of important recent books.