Articles by Henrik Skaug Sætra

July 23, 2024

💊 Opportunities and potential pitfalls of AI-supported democracy

Henrik Skaug Sætra

Democracy is facing serious challenges. Some are contemplating whether artificial intelligence (AI) could help revitalise it. AI is, after all, heralded as the solution to a broad range of social and political challenges. Henrik Skaug Sætra argues that AI does indeed offer some hope, but also serious potential pitfalls

Henrik Skaug Sætra

Associate Professor of Sustainable Digitalisation, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

Henrik is a political scientist with a broad and interdisciplinary background and approach.

His interests lie mainly in the political, ethical, and social implications of technology.

Henrik focuses specifically on the sustainability-related impacts of AI, and he has published extensively on the relationship between technology and sustainable development, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

@spillteori.bsky.social

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