Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy

Presented by ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

A public lecture by Professor Beth Simone Noveck from Northeastern University.

Democracy is in retreat in the United States and around the world, and our institutions are more fragile than ever. At this delicate moment, Professor Beth Noveck argues, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene — a powerful technology with as much potential to bolster democracy as to harm it.

In her new book Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy (Yale University Press, 2026), Professor Noveck offers a bold, practical playbook for tipping the balance in favour of democracy — a framework for governing AI, and for governing with it — for technologists, public servants, researchers, and civic leaders alike.

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RSSS Auditorium (room 1.28)

Acton, ACT, 2601

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