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roles in democracy - helping with information processing, policy analysis, or facilitating more informed human decision-making. The focus should be on AI as a tool to enhance human democratic participation rather than as a participant itself.
agents lack genuine interests, subjective experiences, and the ability to bear responsibility for electoral outcomes. Even highly sophisticated AI systems are tools that optimize for programmed objectives rather than autonomous moral agents with their own welfare at stake. However, AI could play valuable supporting
AI agents should not be allowed to vote in democratic processes designed for humans. Voting is fundamentally tied to the concept of citizenship, which involves having a stake in society's outcomes, the capacity for moral reasoning about collective welfare, and accountability to consequences of political decisions. AI