Ted Lechterman

📣 Big news: I’ve signed a contract with @politybooks for a monograph, tentatively titled Recoding Democracy: AI and the Fight for Democracy’s Future. 📖 The #book will argue that #AI forces us to reassess what makes democracy valuable and how that value should be realized. 1/

Sharing a vital conversation between @tlechtable & @gabramosp at @IEuniversity on how universities must lead in the AI era. 🎓🌐 In a polarized world, universities & international institutions need to build bridges and drive change. It’s not the tech, but how we integrate it that matters. #AIethics #HigherEd #UNESCO @iehumanities @UNESCO @catalinatejero

I'm excited to share my latest piece for The Conversation: "Could AI replace politicians? A philosopher maps out three possible futures" theconversation.com/could-ai-repla… via @Conversation_E #ai #aiethics #democracy #politics @IEuniversity @iehumanities

Authored by @robreich, @tlechtable & Emma Saunders-Hastings, the new entry for “philanthropy" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy offers insights on giving in the context of philosophical traditions, current practices, and more. plato.stanford.edu/entries/philan…

Reminder that the online ECPR Political Theory Seminar with Andrei Bespalov takes place tomorrow (11 December) at 17:00 CET. Details below!

Upcoming seminars: ✅ 11 Dec: Reasonable Disobedience – Andrei Bespalov (UPF & BIAP) ✅ 15 Jan: The Climate Tribunate – Janosch Prinz (Maastricht) & Manon Westphal (Münster) ✅ 12 Feb: Democracy’s Epistemic Dysfunctions – Michele Giavazzi (LMU Munich) 📡 Stay tuned for more!

Does Rawls's duty of civility rule out disruptive political disobedience? Andrei Bespalov argues it doesn't—provided coercion is reasonably justified. Join his talk: 📅 11 Dec, 17:00 CET 🔗 Register: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P… 📩 DM me for the paper if you'd like a sneak peak.

Pleased to be chairing this year’s ECPR Political Theory Seminar with Antoinette Scherz. On 📅 11 Dec, 17:00 CET 🎙️ Andrei Bespalov (UPF & BIAP) will present Reasonable Disobedience. 💡 When is disruptive political disobedience reasonable? 🔗 Register: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P…

🪑 This will be the first major research project of the @UNESCO Chair that we inaugurated at @IEuniversity a few weeks ago. A publication date isn't yet set, but I’m eager to get this out quickly. Stay tuned for previews and updates! #aiethics #aigovernance #unescochair 5/5

📚 I’m humbled to be working with Polity, publisher of some of most important books of social and political theory over the last four decades, including seminal works by Habermas, Žižek, Latour, and Rancière. 4/

📣 Big news: I’ve signed a contract with @politybooks for a monograph, tentatively titled Recoding Democracy: AI and the Fight for Democracy’s Future. 📖 The #book will argue that #AI forces us to reassess what makes democracy valuable and how that value should be realized. 1/

New publication by Emma Saunders-Hastings, Rob Reich, and me: an entry on “philanthropy” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. An honor to contribute to this important project. plato.stanford.edu/entries/philan… #philosophy #ethics #philanthropy

@NikolasKozloff I’m not. Is it good?

Full house for the launch of the @UNESCO Chair in AI Ethics and Governance at @IEuniversity !🚀 With inspiring remarks from @gabramosp and a thought-provoking keynote from Prof. @tlechtable , we explored the challenges of "ethicophobia" in AI governance. A big thank you to our panelists Linda Eggert, David Leslie, @luzrello, and Oliver Smith for discussing the ethical frontiers of #AI. 🙏 Congrats to @iehumanities , specially @catalinatejero and @tlechtable ! This Chair is a huge step for IE and a vital opportunity to advance human-centered AI research. Excited for the journey ahead! 🌐💡More info on the Chair and its work here:  ie.edu/school-of-huma… #UNESCO #Ethics #Governance #Innovation #Tech

A great pleasure to share my views on AI and democracy with Sanjay Puri on the Regulating AI podcast this week.

How can social entrepreneurship contribute to social justice? @johannamair and I have a new piece out in @SSIReview, arguing that building institutional capacity is key. The piece stems from a larger study recently published in @osofficer on John Rawls and social enterprise.

Delighted to have contributed to this important volume on #aiethics edited by @davidedmonds100! My chapter explores the philosophical challenges of integrating #AI into #politics. See below for purchasing details👇

@metaviv Interesting initiative! Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

Over the past year I have been exploring the potential for an AI & Democracy Foundation—to dramatically accelerate efforts to use high-quality democratic processes for critical decision-making on AI. Now, we are hiring for two critical roles: a Director of AI Strategy and a Head of Operations (go.ai-dem.org/jobs-ai and go.ai-dem.org/jobs-ops respectively). The AI & Democracy foundation is becoming a reality—and you could be a part of it! (we also have a general interest form: go.ai-dem.org/jobs-general) What do we mean by "high-quality democratic processes"? These resources reimagine.aviv.me/p/governance-o… and this essay aviv.me/Reimagining-De… go into more detail, including highlighting initial successes (and challenges) with this by Meta, OpenAI, and others. Please share this out to your networks, and to people who you think could be amazing (yes, even if they seem happy where they currently are!).

An excellent opportunity for #PhD students working on #aiethics #responsibleai #aigovernance #aiforgood to attend the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics & Society in California (@AIESConf) this year 👇