Justin Rosenstein on Use sortition (random selection of citi…

Justin Rosenstein

Co-founder of One Project and Asana; founding advisor to the Center for Humane Technology

Perhaps the most powerful tool of this kind is the citizens’ assembly: a representative cross-section of everyday people, like voluntary juries, selected by lottery (a practice called sortition) and given extensive expert briefing and skilled facilitation, then real authority to set binding goals and constraints.

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Use sortition (random selection of citizens) to staff AI oversight boards

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AI Verified The quote endorses sortition-selected citizens' assemblies with binding authority, directly aligned with the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote endorses lottery-selected citizens' assemblies with binding authority, so support for sortition on AI oversight boards is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified One Project article includes the citizens' assembly / sortition passage verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

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