American democracy is under pressure, as institutions that we once thought stable suddenly seem precarious. At the same time, artificial intelligence has taken over much of our online life, with enormous offline consequences. In “AI and Political Freedom,” Matthew Botvinick examines the interaction of AI and democracy, exploring how AI is likely to challenge democracy as we move further into the 21st century. Botvinick—an expert on both democratic theory and AI technology—finds that the progno
