The new watchdogs of power: how AI is democratising public scrutiny
AI is lowering the barriers to public scrutiny. The question is how democratic institutions will respond to these new civic capabilities.
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Technology changes what is possible.
Politics decides what comes next.
estrategIA explores how artificial intelligence is changing public life: the power to decide, the work we do and the institutions we share.
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Electricity, compute, oversight, people and capital: what countries need to turn a claim of AI sovereignty into the power to decide.
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AI is lowering the barriers to public scrutiny. The question is how democratic institutions will respond to these new civic capabilities.
If technology can separate income from employment, the political task is to share its gains—and the freedom they could make possible.
Roxana Mazzola argues that effective public-sector AI depends on digital processes, interoperable data and stronger state capacity.
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On estrategIA’s third anniversary, Fernando Nieto Lobato examines accelerating AI progress and the political preparation needed to protect rights and share its benefits.
Ivan Sverdlick explains how Sustantiva is redesigning workflows around AI, shared knowledge and deliberate points for human judgement, beyond automating individual tasks.
An argument for independent AI safety oversight, proportionate controls and broad access, examining regulatory capture and the human costs of unjustified delay.
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