Machine-assisted agent-based modeling: opening the black box
While agent-based modeling (ABM) has become one of the most powerful tools in
quantitative social sciences, it remains difficult to explain their structure and performance …
quantitative social sciences, it remains difficult to explain their structure and performance …
Tackling threats to informed decision-making in democratic societies: Promoting epistemic security in a technologically-advanced world
Access to reliable information is crucial to the ability of a democratic society to coordinate
effective collective action, especially when responding to crises such as global pandemics …
effective collective action, especially when responding to crises such as global pandemics …
Democratic governance and global science: A longitudinal analysis of the international research collaboration network
TA Whetsell - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The democracy-science relationship has traditionally been examined through philosophical
conjecture and country case studies. There remains limited global-scale empirical research …
conjecture and country case studies. There remains limited global-scale empirical research …
The principal components of electoral regimes: separating autocracies from pseudo-democracies
A critical issue for society today is the emergence and decline of democracy worldwide. It is
unclear, however, how democratic features, such as elections and civil liberties, influence …
unclear, however, how democratic features, such as elections and civil liberties, influence …
Diverse, but Divisive: LLMs Can Exaggerate Gender Differences in Opinion Related to Harms of Misinformation
The pervasive spread of misinformation and disinformation poses a significant threat to
society. Professional fact-checkers play a key role in addressing this threat, but the vast …
society. Professional fact-checkers play a key role in addressing this threat, but the vast …
Challenging Systematic Prejudices: An Investigation into Bias Against Women and Girls
The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), under the auspices of
UNESCO, in collaboration with UNESCO HQ, has released a comprehensive report titled …
UNESCO, in collaboration with UNESCO HQ, has released a comprehensive report titled …
Dodging the autocratic bullet: enlisting behavioural science to arrest democratic backsliding
Despite a long history of research on democratic backsliding, the process itself− in which the
executive branch amasses power and undermines democratic processes and institutions …
executive branch amasses power and undermines democratic processes and institutions …
Measuring the effect of collective intelligence processes that leverage participation and deliberation
Harnessing collective intelligence for public good requires an effective method to bring
people together, elicit their participation, and synthesize their contributions. Some of these …
people together, elicit their participation, and synthesize their contributions. Some of these …
Political complexity and the pervading role of ideology in policy-making
B Béchard, H Hodgetts, F Morneau-Guérin… - Journal of Dynamic …, 2023 - r-libre.teluq.ca
Policy-makers use different decision-making strategies and base their decisions–more or
less explicitly–on both expert knowledge and opinions in order to cope with the sheer …
less explicitly–on both expert knowledge and opinions in order to cope with the sheer …
Disciplining deliberation: a sociotechnical perspective on machine learning trade-offs
S Fazelpour - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04226, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper focuses on two highly publicized formal trade-offs in the field of responsible
artificial intelligence (AI)--between predictive accuracy and fairness and between predictive …
artificial intelligence (AI)--between predictive accuracy and fairness and between predictive …