A New Path Forward: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Increase Trust and Legitimacy in U.S. Elections and Institutions

• In Event: Democracy on the Ballot and Trust in American Elections

Brief Overview

We posit that Artificial Intelligence can increase trust in American institutions by providing a resource the public views as both authoritative and legitimate, as well as discursive. We demonstrate AI's promising advantages across two experiments.

Authors

• Levi Allen, Indiana State University

• James Kirk, University of Notre Dame

• Wayde Z.C. Marsh, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville