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US Election Special w/ Spencer Overton
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For this pre-election special, Prathm spoke with law professor Spencer Overton about how this election has — and hasn’t — be impacted by AI systems. Misinformation and deepfakes appear to be top of the agenda for a lot politicians and commentators, but there’s a lot more to think about…
Spencer discusses the USA’s transition into a multiracial democracy, and describes the ongoing cultural anxiety that comes with that — and how that filters down into the politicisation of AI tools, both as fuel for moral panics, as well as being used to suppress voters of colour.
Further reading:
- Artificial Intelligence for Electoral Management | International IDEA
- Overcoming Racial Harms to Democracy from Artificial Intelligence by Spencer Overton :: SSRN
- AI’s impact on elections is being overblown | MIT Technology Review
- Effects of Shelby County v. Holder on the Voting Rights Act | Brennan Center for Justice
Spencer Overton is the Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor at GW Law School. As the Director of the Multiracial Democracy Project at the GW Equity Institute, he focuses on producing and supporting research that grapples with challenges to a well-functioning multiracial democracy. He is currently working on research projects related to the regulation of AI to facilitate a well-functioning multiracial democracy and the implications of alternative voting systems for multiracial democracy.
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