Post-Partisan Forum: “Using AI To Organize an Opposition Movement”

The current upheaval in the U.S. government and erosion of civil rights has left many of us wondering how grassroots opposition movements were organized in other parts of the world. Cursory research reveals that they required considerable labor. However, before getting discouraged, people should realize that AI and social media have recently combined to streamline the process. Now a handful of people can accomplish what used to require dozens of volunteers.

Join our May Forum to learn about two examples of how resistance movements that succeeded in locations as disparate as Taiwan and Serbia. Once we have outlined their playbooks, we’ll examine how online democracy platforms such as Polis and large language models can automate the grunt work those two movements had to invest to launch their campaigns. Before breaking into discussion groups, we’ll consider:

• What would an AI platform for democracy look like in mid-2025?
• How might such a platform break the political gridlock of recent decades?
• How can AI facilitate planning, content, recruitment, and funding?
• How would citizens collaborate to build this platform?

We’ll envision an artificial intelligence app made by the people and for the people, then discuss what would be the likely next steps for implementing such a system. Never has launching a pro-democracy campaign been easier, so this session may provide new hope for many.

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Sound interesting? New participants welcomed! Please note that many “Hub regulars” attend the Forum without making a Meetup RSVP. We usually have 30 or so people there with opportunities for discussion in both small and large groups. See you soon.