用AI助人对话，缓解民主讨论中参与度、平等性与深度间的矛盾。
Can AI mediation improve democratic deliberation?
- 引入大语言模型辅助对话，实现规模化参与与公平调解。
- 可提升政治平等性，帮助不同立场者发现共同点。
- 适合关注数字民主、社会治理的学者与政策制定者。
民主的力量在于多元观点的自由平等交流。但在大规模实践中，广泛参与、有意义的讨论和政治平等常相互冲突（Fishkin, 2011）。我们探讨人工智能（AI）是否能通过近期一种基于大语言模型（LLM）的协商系统，帮助解决这一“三难困境”（Tessler, Bakker, et al., 2024）。该系统旨在促进持不同立场人群达成共识。研究分析了将LLM引入协商增强工具的潜在影响：通过可扩展性提升参与度，通过公平调解改善政治平等，通过揭示可信信息推动有意义的讨论。同时指出仍存在关键挑战。未来需在实证、技术与理论层面取得进展，才能充分实现AI辅助协商在提升公民参与和强化民主讨论方面的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The strength of democracy lies in the free and equal exchange of diverse viewpoints. Living up to this ideal at scale faces inherent tensions: broad participation, meaningful deliberation, and political equality often trade off with one another (Fishkin, 2011). We ask whether and how artificial intelligence (AI) could help navigate this "trilemma" by engaging with a recent example of a large language model (LLM)-based system designed to help people with diverse viewpoints find common ground (Tessler, Bakker, et al., 2024). Here, we explore the implications of the introduction of LLMs into deliberation augmentation tools, examining their potential to enhance participation through scalability, improve political equality via fair mediation, and foster meaningful deliberation by, for example, surfacing trustworthy information. We also point to key challenges that remain. Ultimately, a range of empirical, technical, and theoretical advancements are needed to fully realize the promise of AI-mediated deliberation for enhancing citizen engagement and strengthening democratic deliberation.
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