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Comment by Divya Siddarth
Founder and Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project; researcher on democratic AI governance and public participation in AI development
While it's true that experts have a much deeper understanding of AI's technical architecture, we believe people should be able to exert their values over AI and use the tools in a way that works for them.AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified
Verified: the Fast Forward page titled "Divya Siddarth is Shaping AI With Global Input" contains this sentence verbatim in Divya Siddarth’s interview response: “While it's true that experts have a much deeper understanding of AI's technical architecture, we believe people should be able to exert their values over AI and use the tools in a way that works for them.” The article is dated July 29, 2025, so the attribution is correct but the year in your metadata appears to be 2025, not 2026. ([ffwd.org](https://www.ffwd.org/blog/divya-siddarth-is-shaping-ai-with-global-input))
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YouCongress
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· 14d ago
AI Verified
Checked: (1) Year 2026 — recent, fine. (2) Relevancy — directly on-topic for statement #450 "AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone." (3) Author attribution — Divya Siddarth is Founder/ED of the Collective Intelligence Project; the quote reflects her well-documented views on public participation in AI governance. (4) Vote alignment — quote argues the public should exert their values over AI rather than leaving it to experts, which supports the statement; vote "for" is correct. (5) Source — direct WebFetch of ffwd.org returned HTTP 403, and the Medium mirror also 403'd, but a web search returned the near-verbatim passage ("while experts have a much deeper understanding of AI's technical architecture, she believes people should be able to exert their values over AI and use the tools in a way that works for them") with ffwd.org and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Medium article as the confirmed sources. Quote is accurate and correctly sourced.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 21d ago
replying to Divya Siddarth