arXiv:2606.24635cs.HCcs.AI2026-06

用AI生成互动观点图谱,让多元声音真实可见

Visualizing "We the People": Bridging the Perception Gap through Pluralistic Data Storytelling

  • 用AI将用户长文本输入转为动态观点地图,展现意见分布
  • 2400人参与,揭示跨党派间广泛共识,突破对立刻板印象
  • 适合关注民主治理、公共对话设计的研究者与实践者

传统数据可视化常以二元对立形式呈现群体冲突,加剧政治极化。本文提出通过人工智能支持的数字平台,采用多元包容的设计策略,展现意见分布的复杂性与跨群体共识。以Jigsaw与Napolitan研究所于2025年9月开展的“我们人民”讨论为例,超过2400名美国公民参与了关于自由与平等的异步对话。借助AI将长文本输入转化为交互式“观点景观”,该实践呈现了意见空间中的共识与分歧区域,凸显了被忽视的共同价值。研究指出,从强调对立的视觉框架转向聚焦分布与互动的模型,是一种低成本、可扩展的干预方式,有助于弥合认知鸿沟,培育更具韧性的协作型民主文化。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Traditional visual data storytelling relies on binary graphics that depict two simplified groups in conflict. This can increase political polarization by oversimplifying intra-group disagreements and erasing ambiguity and shared ideas or values. This can inadvertently foster "us versus them" thinking. Intentional, pluralistic design choices for AI-enabled digital platforms can produce visualizations that emphasize nuance, opinion distribution, and intergroup commonalities. To demonstrate this potential, we examine deliberative technologies that map high-dimensional opinion spaces and highlight areas of both consensus and dissensus. The paper highlights the We the People deliberation conducted by Jigsaw and the Napolitan Institute in September 2025, which engaged over 2,400 Americans across all 435 congressional districts in an AI-supported, asynchronous dialogue regarding freedom and equality. By utilizing AI to synthesize long-form, text-based participant inputs into interactive "opinion landscapes," the initiative provided an alternative format for pluralistic data storytelling that humanized diverse viewpoints and revealed hidden areas of substantial broad consensus. The paper concludes that shifting from divisive, contrast-heavy visual frameworks to distribution-focused, interactive models represents a highly scalable, low-cost intervention capable of bridging perceptual gaps and cultivating a more resilient, collaborative democratic culture.

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