Political Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
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https://doi.org/10.36253/rifp-3222Keywords:
artificial intelligence, politics, democracy, uncertainty, pluralismAbstract
The increasing pervasiveness of digitalization processes and the refinement of algorithmic automation mechanisms are raising considerable concerns. According to many observers, democratic societies are at risk of having politics replaced by technology. Those who fear or hope for an algorithmic suppression of democracy are driven by the belief that it is merely a matter of time, as the speed with which automated and intelligent data processing advances makes such a possibility increasingly less remote. The thesis of this article is that such a scenario seems extremely unlikely. The technocratic goal of depoliticizing democratic procedures through forms of technical rationality in order to make more competent, apolitical, and objective decisions is simply beyond the capabilities of the systems we call “artificial intelligence.” To improve AI performance, it is necessary for the environment in which it operates to be stable and for the behavior of citizens and voters to be more predictable. This, in a democracy, is rather unrealistic.
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