AI and Culture Citizen Computer Scientist Public Authority SSH Researcher
Module C: Historical perspective – Free Will and Autonomy

This section considers how people’s autonomy and free will are hindered or supported by past and present KTs. By focusing on the structural level, we will examine systemic issues such as monopolies over KTs, data extraction and colonialism, labour, and political participation.

Effect of Technology:
Agency Autonomy Concentration of Power Culture Individuals
Democratic values:
Accountability Participation Pluralism
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Civil Society & Democracy Practitioner Public Authority
Designing the Whole Process: Embedding AI Without Undermining Democracy (Recipe from the Digital Democracy Lab Handbook)

This recipe is about designing an entire democratic process—not just the AI tool within it. When AI is introduced into a deliberative setting, the surrounding process needs to change too: not just to make the AI work, but to make sure the democracy works.

Effect of Technology:
Democracy Epistemic effect Inclusion/Exclusion Legitimacy
Democratic values:
Participation Transparency Trust
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