Author Talk: Rewiring Democracy

Join security technologist Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan Sanders as they discuss their new book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship, in conversation with MIT’s Crystal Lee.
Together, they will explore how to cut through the AI hype and examine the many ways AI is transforming democracy—for better and for worse.

In this highly readable and advisably optimistic book, the authors describe how the sophistication of AI will fulfill demands from lawmakers for more complex legislation, reducing deference to the executive branch and altering the balance of power between lawmakers and administrators. They show how the scale and scope of AI are enhancing civil servants’ ability to shape private-sector behavior, automating either the enforcement or neglect of industry regulations. They also explain how both lawyers and judges will leverage the speed of AI, upending how we think about law enforcement, litigation, and dispute resolution.

Copies of Rewiring Democracy will be available for purchase and signing after the talk, courtesy of the MIT Press Bookstore.

December 1
6pm – 7pm
$5