Separate hype from evidence: how persuasive are AI systems in practice, and what does that mean for elections and democratic debate?
Democratic erosion and persuasion are major societal-scale risks in the MINT bibliography. Calm, evidence-based analysis is rare and valuable.
Output: An evidence review with a clear bottom line.
Write your question in one sentence.
Spend 30 minutes finding what has already been written about it.
Collect evidence in a simple table: claim, source, how strong.
Draft 1–2 pages: answer first, then reasons, then uncertainties.
Ask one person to poke holes in it, revise, and share.
All steps done
Share what you made, then try another project. The PDF version has room for notes.
Kulveit et al. argue AI could slowly erode human influence over the economy, culture and the state. Propose three measurable indicators for each domain using public data, and say which would warn us earliest.
Millions of people talk to AI companions. Review the evidence on benefits and harms and propose proportionate safeguards.
If an employee at an AI company sees something dangerous, what protects them if they speak up? Compare protections across two or three jurisdictions.
