{"id":10959,"date":"2023-07-29T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T06:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/artificial-intelligence-is-powering-politics-but-it-could-also-reboot-democracy-polly-curtis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T06:38:40","slug":"artificial-intelligence-is-powering-politics-but-it-could-also-reboot-democracy-polly-curtis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/artificial-intelligence-is-powering-politics-but-it-could-also-reboot-democracy-polly-curtis\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence is powering politics \u2013 but it could also reboot democracy | Polly Curtis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generative AI can involve citizens directly in decision-making, but not while developers\u2019 incentives are only financial<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube clip I return to most often is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tLf6KZmJyrA\">David Bowie being interviewed<\/a> by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight in 1999. Bowie is talking about what the internet might do: \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think that the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable. I think we\u2019re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a tool, isn\u2019t it?\u201d condescends Paxman. \u201cIt\u2019s an alien life form,\u201d insists Bowie. \u201cIs there life on Mars? Yes, and it\u2019s just landed here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/jul\/28\/artificial-intelligence-powering-politics-reboot-democracy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/41ec994b36029f462af0a6a769c900a81dab0434\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=687dbb6cdac1e3c7305e4beaee32136c\" title=\"Artificial intelligence is powering politics \u2013 but it could also reboot democracy | Polly Curtis\" \/>Generative AI can involve citizens directly in decision-making, but not while developers\u2019 incentives are only financial<br \/>\nThe YouTube clip I return to most often is David Bowie being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight in 1999. Bowie is talking about what the internet might do: \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think that the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable. I think we\u2019re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s just a tool, isn\u2019t it?\u201d condescends Paxman. \u201cIt\u2019s an alien life form,\u201d insists Bowie. \u201cIs there life on Mars? Yes, and it\u2019s just landed here.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generative AI can involve citizens directly in decision-making, but not while developers\u2019 incentives are only financial The YouTube clip I return to most often is David Bowie being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight in 1999. Bowie is talking about what the internet might do: \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve even seen the tip of the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/artificial-intelligence-is-powering-politics-but-it-could-also-reboot-democracy-polly-curtis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Artificial intelligence is powering politics \u2013 but it could also reboot democracy | Polly Curtis<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}