John Richardson is the founder of Ethelo, SeaBrick and Pivot Legal. He is a social entrepreneur, technologist and Ashoka Fellow.
Governance by/of/through artificial intelligence
ChatGPT has opened a new chapter of information technology, and our world will never be the same. This includes our political world, and the risks - and unique opportunities - facing democracies are enormous. How could artificial intelligence be used to improve our current democratic systems? What kind of adaptations would be consistent with democratic principles that underlie our constitution? Or taking it further - could artificial intelligence systems even replace our current models of gov...
Governance by/of/through artificial intelligence
ChatGPT has opened a new chapter of information technology, and our world will never be the same. This includes our political world, and the risks - and unique opportunities - facing democracies are enormous. How could artificial intelligence be used to improve our current democratic systems? What kind of adaptations would be consistent with democratic principles that underlie our constitution? Or taking it further - could artificial intelligence systems even replace our current models of gov...
eDemocracy: An Emerging Force for Change (SSIR)
By John Richardson and Jed Emerson Republished from Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2018 The 2017 World Values Survey documented a worrying shift in attitudes toward democracy. While in the 1930s and ’40s about three-quarters of Americans said it was essential to live in a democracy, less than one-third of Millennials believe this today. In 1964, 76 percent of Americans had faith in the government to do what is right “always or most” of the time. In 2015, that figure fell to only 19 percen...
eDemocracy: An Emerging Force for Change (SSIR)
By John Richardson and Jed Emerson Republished from Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2018 The 2017 World Values Survey documented a worrying shift in attitudes toward democracy. While in the 1930s and ’40s about three-quarters of Americans said it was essential to live in a democracy, less than one-third of Millennials believe this today. In 1964, 76 percent of Americans had faith in the government to do what is right “always or most” of the time. In 2015, that figure fell to only 19 percen...
