How to Beat Back AI’s Threat to Democracy
On this episode of Voternomics, Taiwan’s former digital affairs minister explains why grassroots efforts by humans can turn the tide.
Audrey Tang
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Bad actors using machine-learning, generative artificial intelligence and the power of digital networks are seeding ever-more distrust in democracy, warns Audrey Tang, former digital affairs minister for Taiwan. Tang joins this week’s episode of Voternomics to discuss the risk of foreign interference in the many elections happening around the world, as well as lessons learned while combating efforts to distort the political debate in Taiwan.
Tang advocates for what she calls “digital media competency” to combat misinformation. More fundamentally, she stresses the value of “grassroots legitimacy” to build trust in democratic systems.