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AI's potential negative impact on democracy is discussed ad nauseum, but what about the upside of AI-powered civic tech? Check out @garrytan engaging with Garry's List subs to crowdsource and mobilize a movement. Every mayor and governor should copy this playbook. The best will. They'll reap the rewards as their constituents experience engagement from their officials that was impossible pre-AI Why can't we codify our constitutions, like a claude.md for government, enabling AI watchdogs to automatically flag when politicians overstep their authority? What would that look like applied to budget management and fiscal responsibility? There are probably infinite other ways that AI can increase accountability and effectiveness in a modern democracy. The faster these get proven out, the less likely we are to throttle our potential out of fear