AI is rapidly reshaping the structures of power that underlie democracy and liberty. The AI & Democracy Foundation is a governance innovation organization building the democratic capacity we need to navigate this transition.

Without rapid action, the result will be a degradation of democracy, human agency, and liberty; immense power concentration; and chaotic destabilization. Unfortunately, rapid action requires politicians and corporations to make decisions which are structurally disincentivized (and for them to give up the possibility of immense power). We must have better ways of making critical decisions that affect society at large, before it is too late.

Our mission is to ensure that trustworthy democratic processes for making such decisions in the public interest are available and empowered when needed. In particular, we focus on representative deliberations (such as citizens’ assemblies), which are better incentivized to serve the public interest by design; can act as a powerful complement to our existing democratic systems; and can be designed to improve as AI advances continue — thus enabling us to maintain democracy in a world increasingly dominated by AI.

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