Interfacing Artificial Intelligence (AI) with democracy is one of the most profound challenges of our times. On the one hand, AI comes with opportunities to overcome long-standing challenges in democracy, such as low participation in deliberative and voting processes with poor representation of people. On the other hand, new risks arise from AI algorithms that are privacy-intrusive, biased, manipulative, spread misinformation and influence election results. Moving beyond the over-simplistic question of whether AI is good or bad for democracy, the Handbook on Democracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence asks instead: how to upgrade democracies and the principles they are built on, using AI? How to engage with AI and on what terms? Which new values and design principles are required to build democratic resilience? In 34 chapters by 59 authors across the world from different disciplines, we explore how AI can empower collective intelligence for democracy (Part 1) and what is the future of deliberative democracy using large language models and social media (Part 2). We also illustrate the role of AI for building resilient self-governance systems (Part 3) and the challenges of transforming democracy in the age of AI (Part 4). We conclude with broader perspectives (Part 5) that re-imagine the interplay of democracy and AI.

翻译：将人工智能（AI）与民主相结合是我们这个时代最深刻的挑战之一。一方面，AI为克服民主中长期存在的挑战带来了机遇，例如在审议和投票过程中参与度较低且代表性不足的问题。另一方面，AI算法也带来了新的风险，包括侵犯隐私、存在偏见、操纵行为、传播虚假信息以及影响选举结果。为超越“AI对民主是好是坏”这一过于简单化的问题，《人工智能时代中的民主手册》转而探讨：如何利用AI升级民主制度及其所依据的原则？如何与AI互动，且互动条件为何？需要哪些新的价值观和设计原则来构建民主韧性？本书汇集了来自全球不同学科的59位作者撰写的34个章节，探讨AI如何增强民主的集体智慧（第一部分），以及使用大型语言模型和社交媒体的审议式民主的未来（第二部分）。我们还阐述了AI在构建韧性自治系统中的作用（第三部分），以及在AI时代转型民主所面临的挑战（第四部分）。最后，我们以重新构想民主与AI相互作用的更广阔视角作为结论（第五部分）。