Hartzog & Silbey - How AI Destroys Institutions

2026

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This paper argues that current AI systems, by their very design, degrade and threaten to destroy essential civic institutions.

* Explores how AI systems undermine expertise, short-circuit decision-making, and isolate humans.
* Examines the impact of AI on critical institutions such as the rule of law, higher education, free expression, and democracy.
* Warns that without mitigation, AI's unchecked spread will lead to institutional dissolution.

AI, Institutions, Democracy, Technology, Governance

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