This chapter explores how digital AI on social media platforms drove engagement and addiction by maximizing revenue, leading to polarization and radicalization. It also discusses the potential threat to democracy posed by political actors manipulating public opinion through AI in upcoming elections.
The new season of Another Way is finally here! In this episode, Lawrence Lessig outlines his plan for the season, which will eventually be turned into a book. Listeners are invited to reconceptualize the crisis that American democracy faces and to join Lessig in the search for democracy's "lifeboats".