Democracy Without Elections

?? Artificial intelligence enhanced citizens’ assemblies? ?? Sign up for DWE’s next seminar to learn more. Only a few spots remain.?https://lnkd.in/gnUqeij6 Combining Human Listening and New Technologies to Support Citizens’ Assemblies This seminar will review the unique cooperation between MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication (CCC) and the nonprofit Cortico to develop and implement technological tools to amplify people’s voices and help drive decisions that strengthen the health of communities. The session will first review a case study of a modified Citizens Assembly at MIT from January in order to explain the Tech-Enhanced model for Citizen Assemblies being developed and tested at MIT CCC (in partnership with DemocracyNext). Next, participants will explore a hands-on demo activity to learn about Cortico’s tools and process. The Fora platform-- which serves as an interactive repository for recorded, small-group conversations-- supports a 3-step methodology for Cortico partners: 1. Listening to the community through conversation campaigns, 2. making sense of those conversations, and 3. sharing the results of that work back to community stakeholders. With an understanding of background and methodology, the session will turn to future initiatives, including a Citizens Assembly in Bend, OR, the deployment of AI tools to support and expedite conversation analysis, and the release of the Fora Mobile app. Participants will be invited to envision how they could implement these tools and methods in their future projects. Date & time:?May 18, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm Eastern US time. (Participants are responsible for converting to their local time.)