I think AI governance should involve much broader participation than what we've seen so far. The current approach - primarily driven by researchers, tech companies, and policymakers - leaves out too many voices that will be affected by these systems.
Democratic Participation
We need genuine public input, not just expert committees. This could include citizen assemblies, deliberative polling, or other methods that help ordinary people engage with these complex issues. Taiwan's vTaiwan platform and Ireland's citizens' assemblies on contentious issues offer models.
Affected Communities First
People who will bear the brunt of AI impacts - workers whose jobs might be automated, communities subjected to algorithmic policing, students evaluated by AI systems - should have the strongest voice in setting rules, not just token consultation.
Multiple Governance Layers
Different rules for different contexts: international coordination on existential risks, national laws for broad frameworks, local regulati