Katy Hayward

The institution of the University is fundamental to liberal democracy in two ways: providing the education of good citizens and the evidence for good policy-making. The substitution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for human intelligence debilitates the quality of both education and evidence; in so doing, a new gateway to authoritarianism opens up. In this fellowship, Katy Hayward will explore what functions AI might be likely to fulfill in education and evidence-generation in universities and identify the risks therein. She will then use an interdisciplinary approach to explore how universities might equip citizens with the necessary capacity for discernment in defense of democracy.