Smartdemocracy
artificial intelligence plus cognitive democracy as a radical participatory alternative
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https://doi.org/10.46661/revintpensampolit.12880Keywords:
SmartDemocracy, cognitive democracy, epistocracy, artificial intelligence, legitimacy, authority, constitutional design, XAI, digital rightsAbstract
Liberal democracies face legitimacy crisis evidenced by epistemic, functional, and procedural deficits. This article proposes SmartDemocracy or Intelligent Cognitive Democracy (ICD), a constitutional model reconciling political equality, epistemic competence, and functional efficacy through tricameral architecture: Popular Chamber (inalienable universal suffrage), Cognitive Chamber (temporary credentials via merit/affectation/experience), and Synthetic Chamber (Explainable Artificial Intelligence XAI) under citizen oversight. The Algorithmic Tricephalous Executive implements Programmable Execution Pacts with verifiable indicators and automatic sunset clauses. Five absolute prohibitions prevent technocratic degeneration. ICD aims to surpass restrictive epistocracy and traditional representative democracy, institutionalizing knowledge under permanent democratic control through mandatory AI explainability and adversarial audits.
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