The integration of artificial intelligence in multiple aspects of our daily lives poses a great challenge in shaping civic participation within societies. Effective civic engagement finds its foundation in the empowerment of citizens who actively participate in public discourse, and in the articulation of their viewpoints. Understanding the dynamics that underpin trust in democratic institutions in this new context is thus important. The aim of the first three modules of KT4D’s Social Risk Toolkit thus focuses on the individual aspects of this challenge and is multifaceted. 

Module A questions individuals' capacity to navigate AI-based content and recommendations while safeguarding their autonomy and free will. This module serves as a guide to enhance people's ability to assess the quality and diversity of information they encounter, and to determine where exactly the autonomy and free will to which anyone can rightfully aspire is threatened. 

Module B examines the requisites for the utilisation of AI to preserve institutional trust. Indeed, the use of AI in a wide range of fields could generate situations that are, or are perceived to be, unfair, thereby threatening the social balance established between members of the same community. A first important +step is thus to understand what is really a source of concern, based on an in-depth examination of the situations likely to alter this trust, before crafting regulations to remedy these situations. By exploring diverse scenarios, the experimental component of this module will prompt individuals to introspect on their values concerning human productions, such as creativity, equity, and effort. 

Module C puts the new challenges posed by technological transformations into perspective, by analysing historical precedents and how they have shaped culture and social interactions over centuries.