Human-centered redistricting automation in the age of AI | Science

Human-centered redistricting automation in the age of AI | Science

Democracy on the brink

“Around the world, democracy is losing ground,” assert Science editors Tage Rai and Brad Wible in the introduction to the journal’s special issue on the state of democracy. From online activism to artificial-intelligence-powered gerrymandering, the twenty-first century has put the system under never-before-seen pressures. In the run-up to the US presidential election in November, the collection offers insights into the challenges and opportunities for what Winston Churchill called “the worst form of Government except for all those other[s]”.

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