George Zarkadakis gave a talk about reinventing democracy in the age of intelligent machines. He proposed a model where citizen groups would deliberate on issues, with the help of experts and knowledge synthesis. The different citizen groups' deliberations would then be brought together in a citizen assembly to build consensus. The talk also contrasted the pre-COVID, COVID, and post-COVID world, noting how the pandemic may lead to businesses broadening their purpose, more inclusive governance, better management of data and privacy, and reinventing work through the symbiosis of automation and humans.

1. Reinventing democracy
in the age of intelligent
machines
A talk by
George Zarkadakis

14. Citizen Group A
Citizen Group B
Citizen Assembly
Knowledge
Knowledge
(experts, etc.)
Learning
Learning
Synthesis of
Citizen Group
deliberations
CONSENSUS

24. PreCovid19 World The “Covid19 Effect” PostCovid19 World
Business purpose:
Maximize ROI and shareholder
value
Social Capital at work Broader purpose to include
positive social, environmental
impact – broaden ownership of
derived value from data
Business governance:
enlightened CEO “dictatorships”
Government bailouts Governance is more inclusive
and participatory
Digital Innovation:
Siloed data sets
Privacy vs. utility dilemma
Citizen surveillance
& data sharing
Data Property Rights,
Data Trusts
Work automation:
reduce cost, improve
productivity
Massive unemployment Reinvent AI + human economic
and social symbiosis
Capitalism 2.0
• Legacy Business Models
• Centralized networks
• Globalization
Capitalism 3.0
• Digital Business Models
• Decentralized networks
• Anti-globalization
4th
Industrial Revolution

27. Twitter:
@zarkadakis
MIT Press