St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: Is AI bad for democracy? Analyzing AI’s impact on epistemic agency
Cases such as Cambridge Analytica or the use of AI by the Chinese government suggest that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) creates some risks for democracy. This paper analyzes these risks by using the concept of epistemic agency and argues that the use of AI risks to influence the formation and the revision of beliefs in at least three ways: the direct, intended manipulation of beliefs, the type of knowledge offered, and the creation and maintenance of epistemic bubbles. It then suggests some implications for research and policy.

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Date: 9 March 2023, 17:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Speaker: Professor Mark Coeckelbergh (University of Vienna)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: rachel.gaminiratne@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Part of: New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/event/ht23-st-cross-seminar-professor-mark-coeckelbergh
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne