Fall 2025
Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Dates: September 01, 2025 - December 11, 2025Day/Time: Tuesday; Thursday 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT
Level: 200-Level
Certificate: Civic Engagement, Democracy*
Instructor: Nathaniel Matala, American University of Central Asia
AI is fundamentally transforming how democracy functions, posing urgent questions about power, governance, and the future of political institutions. In this course, we will explore the relationship between democratic ideals and AI technologies. We will consider whether AI can strengthen transparency, pluralism and civic engagement, or if it instead accelerates trends toward technocratic or even authoritarian futures.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS