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SUMMARY:AI & Deliberation
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LOCATION:Prinzessinnenstraße 16\, Berlin\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Can generative AI improve public discourse and democratic participation?</strong></p>\n\n<p>The emergence of large language models (LLMs) opens up new opportunities to support and improve democratic processes and deliberation. But how can we harness this potential in concrete terms?</p>\n<p>At the <em>AI &amp\; Deliberation</em> workshop\, we want to approach this question in a practical way by presenting and discussing <strong>concrete tools and implementation approaches</strong>. Together\, we want to learn about LLM-based applications that are useful for deliberative processes and discuss the opportunities they offer and their limitations.</p>\n<p>The workshop promotes <strong>networking and knowledge transfer</strong>: by bringing in different perspectives\, we want to learn from each other\, exchange experiences and gain inspiration for new projects.</p>\n\nTarget Audience\n<p>The workshop is aimed at researchers and practitioners:</p>\n<p><strong>Research &amp\; Science</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deliberation\, discourse and argumentation research</li>\n<li>Political science</li>\n<li>AI community</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Practice &amp\; Civil Society</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organisations that develop or want to develop LLM-based deliberation tools</li>\n<li>Organisations that use and operate such tools in their civil society work</li>\n</ul>\n\nTools\n<p>The following tools are presented and discussed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><atarget="_blank"><strong>ReasonAide</strong></a>: An AI tool to support argumentative processes in deliberative settings.</li>\n<li><strong>INDI DiscussBot Demo</strong>: An AI assistant for reformulating discussion contributions from the <atarget="_blank">IndI project</a>. Formulations are analysed and improved in terms of politeness\, argumentative quality\, empathy and factuality.</li>\n<li><atarget="_blank"><strong>VISAR</strong></a>: An AI writing assistant for formulating and revising discussion contributions. VISAR enables users to explore\, test and validate their argumentative goals with the help of automatic draft prototypes.</li>\n<li><atarget="_blank"><strong>PolicyCraft</strong></a>: An LLM-based system for simulating political negotiation processes and policy development.</li>\n<li><atarget="_blank"><strong>TITAN Chatbot</strong></a>: An approach that combines Socratic questions with AI-supported dialogues to promote critical reflection and argumentative thinking.</li>\n</ul>\nOrganisational Details\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When:</strong> <em>13 November 2025\, 2&ndash\;7 p.m. &amp\; 14 November 2025\, 9 a.m.&ndash\;2 p.m.</em></li>\n<li><strong>Where:</strong> Prinzessinnenstudio\, Prinzessinnenstr. 16\, 10969 Berlin</li>\n<li><strong>Language:</strong> German / English</li>\n<li><strong>Registration:</strong> <em><a href="mailto:kideku@itz.kit.edu">kideku@itz.kit.edu</a></em> Participation is free of charge. However\, registration is required (limited number of participants for on-site participation). Hybrid/online participation is possible.</li>\n</ul>\nWhy Participate?\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about the latest tools and prototypes</li>\n<li>Network with experts from research and civil society</li>\n<li>Discuss practical applications</li>\n<li>Help shape the use of AI in a democratic context</li>\n<li>Gain inspiration for new projects and collaborations</li>\n</ul>\n
ORGANIZER;CN=Sebastian Cacean;CN=Inga Bones:
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