AI-Enhanced Deliberative Democracy and the Future of the Collective Will

Examines design choices behind computational frameworks for finding common ground across collective preferences, situating AI-assisted preference elicitation within the historical context of opinion polls. Emphasizes that preferences are shaped by context and seldom objectively captured, exploring AI-based democratic innovations as discovery tools for fostering reasonable representations of collective will and agreement-seeking. Cautions against misuses such as enabling binding decisions without democratic input, gradual disempowerment through over-reliance on AI, or post-rationalizing predetermined political outcomes.