Oliver Escobar on Use sortition (random selection of citi…

Oliver Escobar

Chair of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the University of Edinburgh; deliberative democracy scholar and citizens' assembly designer

A key recommendation for the UK Government is to establish a standing citizens’ assembly on AI and society.

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University of Edinburgh, “Citizens’ assembly key to giving public a voice on AI,” June 9, 2026.

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

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Disputed Edinburgh Futures Institute article (9 Jun 2026) presents this sentence as the report's recommendation, not a quotation by Oliver Escobar; its Escobar quotation is different. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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