With numerous pivotal elections slated for this year, my colleagueย and I wrote a piece for PoliticsHome:
"2024 will be the year of democracy - or disinformation?"
"๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ 2 ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, 2024 ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Open Data Institute, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด - ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด - ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด."
In this piece, we delve into the critical intersection of democracy and disinformation, exploring the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead amidst a flurry of electoral activity.
Our conversations need to focus on the very real and present impact it is already having in every part of our lives. AI is both pervasive and ubiquitous - one of its most striking features is the extraordinary potential it has to be used to influence peopleโs thoughts, behaviours - and their votes.
We believe that by confronting these challenges head-on and fostering a culture of informed citizenship, we can pave the way for a future where democracy thrives.
You can read the article here