The source, which comprises excerpts from Module A of the KT4D Social Risk Toolkit, explores the complex challenge presented by artificial intelligence to individual autonomy and free will within modern society. It introduces a comprehensive literature review focusing on how highly personalized algorithmic content curation influences personal opinions by exploiting deep-seated human cognitive biases, such as the preference for emotionally charged or explanatory information.

2.1    Equality

Equality is by-and-large considered both a positive aspect of democracy, and a necessary feature for democracy. To be brief, the main benefit of equality in democracy is that it gives equal consideration to all individuals, thus each person is a free and willing self-legislator among equals.

There are both instrumental and intrinsic reasons to value democracy. In short, democracy is valuable instrumentally because