Civic AI
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= "“Civic AI” is the use of artificial intelligence in the service of democracy and civic life — for participation, governance, advocacy, public-interest media, and the public good." [1]
Context
< " if AI is an agent on the verge of thinking for us, the civic task is to contain or align it. " >
Source: https://citizen-infra.netlify.app/concepts/civic-ai/
Status
"It’s a fast-growing slice of civic tech: the Civic Tech Field Guide alone has catalogued over 700 civic-AI projects, organisations, and resources."
(https://citizen-infra.netlify.app/concepts/civic-ai/)
More information
- Henry Farrell & Cosma Rohilla Shalizi, “AI as Social Technology” — Knight First Amendment Institute, 2026: knightcolumbia.org. Builds on Farrell, Gopnik, Shalizi & Evans, “Large AI models are cultural and social technologies,” Science, 2025.