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Research Summary: Free Speech and Artificial Intelligence
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- arXiv — Computers and Society
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- 1 September 2026
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- 30 September 2026
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The intersection of artificial intelligence and freedom of expression is a critical area of ongoing debate among philosophers and legal scholars. This analysis highlights how social media recommendation algorithms profoundly influence speech visibility in the digital public sphere, and it also examines the free speech implications of conversational AI, including the potential for granting speech rights to artificial agents and users' rights to information.
Why it matters
The expanding influence of AI technologies on communication fundamentally reshapes public discourse and information access. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for maintaining informed publics, protecting individual rights, and establishing ethical and legal frameworks for future digital interactions.
Key insights
- Philosophers and legal scholars are actively discussing the implications of AI for freedom of expression.
- Social media recommendation algorithms control speech visibility dynamics in the digital public sphere.
- Algorithmic recommendation is directly relevant to the philosophy of free speech.
- Conversational AI (chatbots powered by large language models) raises distinct free speech issues.
- Debates include whether artificial agents should be granted speech rights.
- The right of users to receive information in the context of conversational AI is a significant consideration.
Source
arXiv — Computers and Society — https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28973
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