Talks: 2025 Archives
Video: A Road Map for Rewiring Democracy in the Age of AI
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Democracy faces challenges worldwide, and artificial intelligence has become an increasing part of that. In their book Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship, cybersecurity technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan E. Sanders methodically unpack the ways AI is changing every aspect of democracy, while making the case that we can harness the technology to support and strengthen these systems. Neither fear-mongering nor utopian, Rewiring Democracy…
Video: AI, Security, and Trust
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Trusting AI has two parts. First, we have to trust that the companies creating the systems will not manipulate them or use the information against us. Second, we have to trust that the AI systems haven’t been hacked by a third party. The second is a matter of technology. The first is a matter of policy. Both will require government regulation, which is how we create social trust in our society.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.