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Deep Dive: At MIT, Martha Minow speaks on sustaining democracy, both by using and overcoming AI

Ran in the 6:05 PM edition of LivePulse, Friday, October 23, 2026
Original reporting: MIT News AI · Peter Dizikes | MIT News, 2026-10-23

Legal scholar Martha Minow delivered this fall’s Compton Lecture at MIT on Thursday, examining the civic foundations of democracy — and describing how artificial intelligence is undermining it, but could be used to help reinforce traditional U.S. governance. “It’s not a good time for democracy or constitutionalism,” said Minow, who is the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University, and a prominent expert in constitutional law and human rights.

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