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This invited essay to the special issue, Intersections of Artificial Intelligence and Community Well-being, discusses the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for community decision-making with the aim to improve public debate leading to better outcomes in terms of community well-being. This AI-supported approach would also allow for greater citizen participation in community decision-making regarding the main decisions impacting well-being of communities by making fact-based public debate more accessible to the lay public.
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Robogov is the concept of AI fulfilling the role of political or administrative governmental leadership and decision-making.
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Havrda, M. Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Community Engagement within the Democratic Process. Int. Journal of Com. WB 3, 437–441 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-020-00100-8
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