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Generative AI and the Future of Democratic Citizenship
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Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to be socially and politically transformative. In this article, we focus on exploring the potential impacts that Generative AI could have on the functioning of our democracies and the nature of citizenship. We do so by drawing on accounts of deliberative democracy and the deliberative virtues associated with it, as well as the reciprocal impacts that social media and Generative AI will have on each other and the broader information landscape. Drawing on this background theory, we outline some of the key positive and negative impacts that Generative AI is likely to have on democratic citizenship. The political significance of these impacts suggests the need for further regulation.
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“In fact, the 2024 World Economic Forum report finds that GenAI's role in creating realistic yet fabricated content, such as campaign videos, could lead to severe consequences, ranging from protests to radicalization, challenging the integrity of democratic processes (Formosa et al., 2024) and the stability of societies globally (World Economic Forum, 2024).”
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“This approach ensures that GenAI serves as an aid rather than a substitute for human expertise in public sector communication, due to the strategic role this function plays in the democratic debate (Formosa et al., 2024).”
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- Authors
- Formosa, P., Kashyap, B., & Sahebi, S.
- Affiliations
- Philosophy, Macquarie University
- Venue
- Digital Government: Research and Practice
- Published
- 2025-06-15
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 2691-199X
- 2639-0175
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 12
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
- International Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship
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