In this episode, Lawrence Lessig talks to Kim Polese, career launcher of transformative technologies. They discuss how AI can support democracy, cognitive diversity in decision-making, addressing community issues, and different models of deliberation. They also explore an exciting AI project that aims to revive democracy.
An AI-driven technology called CrowdSmart utilizes open-ended questions and diverse participant responses to achieve an enlightened consensus, making it a valuable tool for collective decision-making and problem-solving.
CrowdSmart, a platform that combines human expert knowledge with the power of AI, brings together a diverse group of experts to evaluate startup companies, resulting in significantly higher accuracy in predicting successful investments and promoting underrepresented founders.
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AI-driven technology for understanding and surfacing common understanding within a community
The podcast discusses an AI-driven technology that aims to build common understanding within diverse communities. By utilizing open-ended questions and collecting responses from a diverse group of participants, the AI system analyzes and ranks ideas while optimizing for diversity of thought. This approach helps achieve an enlightened consensus and reduces ingrained bias, making it a valuable tool for collective decision-making and problem-solving.
Using AI to improve startup fundraising and investment decisions
The episode highlights a real-world application of the AI technology in the context of startup fundraising. CrowdSmart, a platform that combines human expert knowledge with the power of AI, brings together a diverse group of experts to evaluate startup companies. By ranking and upvoting ideas, the system identifies the best collective insights of the group, resulting in a significantly higher accuracy in predicting successful investments. This approach also helps reduce biases and promotes underrepresented founders.
Applying the AI system to community engagement and participatory democracy
The podcast explores the potential of using the AI system for community engagement and participatory democracy. By integrating the technology into the decision-making processes of local communities, it enables individuals to actively contribute to discussions and problem-solving. The system optimizes for cognitive diversity, ensures equal participation, and fosters deliberation, leading to informed and collective decision-making that aligns with the principles of healthy democracy.
Advantages of using the AI system over traditional methods of deliberation
The episode highlights the advantages of the AI system over traditional methods of deliberation. The system neutralizes implicit biases by preventing individuals from promoting their own ideas and instead encourages open-mindedness and consideration of diverse perspectives. The asynchronous nature of the platform allows for flexible participation and reduces the costs of time and resources. The AI system's ability to manage multiple lines of communication and analyze human language contributes to greater accuracy and improved outcomes.
Not all AI is democracy ending AI. Some can support democracy and make it better. In this episode, I talk to Kim Polese, whose career launching transformative technologies (beginning with Java) has landed with a democracy enhancing AI, CrowdSmart. We talk about its potential, as well as the open source alternative, pol.is.
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