AI and Democracy - Threats, Promises, and Reality Checks
Wu Min Hsuan, DoubleThink Lab
Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School
Elettra Bietti, Northeastern University
Emerging AI tools, disinformation campaigns, and the pervasive embedding of technology in society pose risks to democratic elections across the globe. This panel will explore such dynamics in Taiwan’s recent election and the upcoming US election and offer ways of thinking about — and countering — such threats.