ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Noah Schöppl

Noah Schöppl is researcher at the German Bundestag in Berlin and an AI Policy Advisor at ALLAI. In this capacity he has provided policy advice to European Institutions and policy makers. Previously Noah was a strategic program lead at the non-profit ProjectTogether, where he led UNMUTE NOW, an open social innovation program for promoting the democratic rights of the young generation and systematically excluded groups.

POSTS BY Noah Schöppl

28 March 2022

Catelijne Muller, Christofer Talvitie, Noah Schöppl

Our Minds, Monitored and Manipulated

Well-functioning democracies require a well-informed citizenry, an open social and political discourse and absence of opaque or deceitful influence. Western democracies have however always been prone to power asymmetries and to coercion and the curbing of these freedoms through oppression and propaganda. Adoption of AI and datafication has raised concerns whether society is sliding into an Orwellian nightmare, where all of our actions are being scrutinized, controlled and manipulated at a scale that has never been possible before. So, what is it exactly that makes this time so different? Continue reading >>

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