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Expert opinions on Democracy
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Democracy from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
128 sourced quotes · 5 statements · 83% for / 15% against overall
Featuring: Audrey Tang Yoshua Bengio Hélène Landemore Amy Klobuchar António Guterres Sam Altman
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For (27)Pete HegsethU.S. Secretary of Defensevotes For and says:
Their true objective is unmistakable: to seize veto power over the operational decisions of the United States military. That is unacceptable.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Alex KarpPalantir Technologies CEOvotes Against and says:The momentum is on the side of people who want to nationalize them [the major AI companies].
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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For (27)Oliver EscobarChair of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the University of Edinburgh; deliberative democracy scholar and citizens' assembly designervotes For and says:AI is reshaping public services, democratic institutions and everyday life at a pace that has outrun meaningful public input. The Data and AI Exchange was designed to show that when stakeholders are given the time and structure to deliberate seriousl...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Smitha MilliMeta research scientistabstains and says:I definitely don't think we should align it to a specific philosophical theory that is not really robust for the real world, but actually getting public input for a lot of topics is very difficult because the public has not had the time to think abou...
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[🇺🇸 Congress, Mar 2025] Prohibiting deceptive AI-generated media of federal election candidates
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For (14)Amy KlobucharU.S. senator from Minnesotavotes For and says:Right now, we're seeing AI used as a tool to influence our democracy. We need rules of the road in place to stop the use of fraudulent AI-generated content in campaign ads. [...] This commonsense, bipartisan legislation would update our laws to prohi...
more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)David InserraFellow for Free Expression and Technology at the Cato Institutevotes Against and says:A media environment with more false and deceptive information is not a good thing for our society, but it is not the government's job to fix it. [...] Let's trust the American people, not the government, to decide for themselves how AI should be used...
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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
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For (19)Anders Fogh RasmussenFormer NATO Secretary General and former Prime Minister of Denmark; founder of the Alliance of Democraciesvotes For and says:[I propose a D7 of democratic middle powers — Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the UK — including] a Democratic Technology Initiative to shape standards, align export controls and invest jointly in AI, quantum and space.
AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Sriram KrishnanSenior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence; former a16z general partner; former product leader at Microsoft, Meta, Twitter, and Snapvotes Against and says:We want to make sure that the world uses the American AI stack. [...] We also want the world to use our AI model. We want all our allies, including India, to leverage our AI infrastructure.
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For (15)Audrey TangTaiwan digital affairs ministervotes For and says:
Instead of putting citizens, humans, in the loop of AI, we need to take them out and put AI into the loop of humanity. Treating AI as an infrastructure for human coordination is more fast, fair, and fun than the colonial alternative.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Kevin T. FrazierLaw professor; AI litigation scholarvotes Against and says:Increasingly complex AI cases require juries of experts and professional peers rather than a random selection of citizens.
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