{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Pondering AI","title":"The Problem of Democracy with Henrik Skaug Sætra","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3225,"description":"Henrik Skaug Sætra considers the basis of democracy, the nature of politics, the tilt toward digital sovereignty and what role AI plays in our collective human society. \n\nHenrik and Kimberly discuss AI’s impact on human comprehension and communication; core democratic competencies at risk; politics as a joint human endeavor; conflating citizens with customers; productively messy processes; the problem of democracy; how AI could change what democracy means; whether democracy is computable; Google’s experiments in democratic AI; AI and digital sovereignty; and a multidisciplinary path forward.  \n \nHenrik Skaug Sætra is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Digitalisation and Head of the Technology and Sustainable Futures research group at Oslo University. He is also the CEO of Pathwais.eu connecting strategy, uncertainty, and action through scenario-based risk management.\n\nRelated Resources\nGoogle Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pvgdIpUAAAAJ&hl=en\nHow to Save Democracy from AI (Book – Norwegian): https://www.norli.no/9788202853686\nAI for the Sustainable Development Goals (Book): https://www.amazon.com/AI-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Everything/dp/1032044063\nTechnology and Sustainable Development: The Promise and Pitfalls of Techno-Solutionism (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Sustainable-Development-Pitfalls-Techno-Solutionism-ebook/dp/B0C17RBTVL\nA transcript of this episode is here.   ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ObvFU3mjULf0SLmdYk3FTpcNNvu093uaetq4koxhXy4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE5ODQ3LzE3MDE4/NzM1NTgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}