Generative AI and the future of democratic citizenship

Paul Formosa; Bhanuraj Kashyap; Siavosh Sahebi

doi:10.1145/3674844

Generative AI and the future of democratic citizenship

Paul Formosa, Bhanuraj Kashyap, Siavosh Sahebi

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Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to be socially and politically transformative. In this article, we focus on exploring the potential impacts that Generative AI could have on the functioning of our democracies and the nature of citizenship. We do so by drawing on accounts of deliberative democracy and the deliberative virtues associated with it, as well as the reciprocal impacts that social media and Generative AI will have on each other and the broader information landscape. Drawing on this background theory, we outline some of the key positive and negative impacts that Generative AI is likely to have on democratic citizenship. The political significance of these impacts suggests the need for further regulation.

Original language	English
Article number	31
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Digital Government: Research and Practice
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Early online date	25 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3674844
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2025

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Generative AI
Large Language Models (LLM)
citizenship
deliberative democracy
social media

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