nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220812-181944-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220812s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220812-181944-0 doi eng 342 23 Perez, Oren Author aut Extra-Constitutional Commitment Mechanisms - From Climate Change to Artificial Intelligence Perez, Oren Verfassungsblog 2022-08-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The solution to many public dilemmas requires long-term effort by successive generations. Such situation arises whenever the solution to a public dilemma cannot be implemented instantaneously but is dependent on the continuous effort of future governments (and their citizens). In this post I discuss the problem of securing intergenerational cooperation, focusing on the challenge of designing long-term commitment mechanisms. I will also reflect briefly on the tension between commitment mechanisms and the democratic ideal of citizen sovereignty (allowing each generation to make its own choices). CC BY-SA 4.0 Artificial Intelligence climate change Future Generations Longtermism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/extra-constitutional-commitment-mechanisms/ raw object