Research lab at Stanford directed by James Fishkin, inventor of deliberative polling. Has conducted 150+ deliberative polls in 50+ countries since 1988. "America in One Room" series demonstrated 18-point drops in dissatisfaction with democracy. Increasingly incorporating AI for translation, synthesis, and moderation.
Electoral Impact Assessment ModelAnalysisElectoral Impact Assessment ModelThis model estimates AI's marginal electoral impact across three vectors — disinformation influence, infrastructure attacks, and voter suppression. Analysis finds 0.2-5% probability of flipping ind...Quality: 65/100
Organizations
Iswe FoundationOrganizationIswe FoundationOrganization supporting global citizens' assemblies, particularly in the Global South. Advocates for permanently institutionalized deliberative bodies.Sortition FoundationOrganizationSortition FoundationUK-based organization specializing in random selection of participants for citizens' assemblies, juries, and deliberative processes. Provides the sortition infrastructure used by many government-ru...
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Archon FungPersonArchon FungProfessor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Expert on democracy, governance, and civic participation. Studies how institutional design affects public engagement and accountability.
Risks
AI-Driven Trust DeclineRiskAI-Driven Trust DeclineUS government trust declined from 73% (1958) to 17% (2025), with AI deepfakes projected to reach 8M by 2025 accelerating erosion through the 'liar's dividend' effect—where synthetic content possibi...Quality: 55/100AI DisinformationRiskAI DisinformationPost-2024 analysis shows AI disinformation had limited immediate electoral impact (cheap fakes used 7x more than AI content), but creates concerning long-term epistemic erosion with 82% higher beli...Quality: 54/100Epistemic CollapseRiskEpistemic CollapseEpistemic collapse describes the complete erosion of society's ability to establish factual consensus when AI-generated synthetic content overwhelms verification capacity. Current AI detectors achi...Quality: 49/100