The Good Fight Kelly Born on All the Ways AI Is Changing Politics
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Dec 16, 2025 In a captivating discussion, Kelly Born, the founding director of the Packard Foundation’s Democracy, Rights, and Governance initiative, delves into AI's transformative role in politics. She highlights the rapid adoption of AI in society and its risks within polarized environments. Topics include the implications of AI on democratic processes, government operations, and the erosion of information quality. Kelly also tackles the ethical considerations of AI bias, potential job displacement, and the geopolitical dynamics of AI competition between the US and China.
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AI's Unique Scale And Speed
- AI is a general-purpose technology that will affect nearly every sector simultaneously.
- Its unprecedented speed of adoption gives societies far less time to adapt than past technologies did.
Concentric Model Of AI Impacts
- Think of AI's effects as concentric circles from elections to existential risks.
- Each ring requires distinct policy approaches but they're deeply interlinked.
Keep Humans And Narrow Corpora In Government AI
- Design AI systems with narrow, auditable corpora and humans in the loop for government use.
- Use retrieval-augmented systems to reduce bias and keep decision-makers accountable.
