Would We Ever Let AI Govern Us? | Anthropic's Liam Booth-Smith & Brendan McCord [ARC 2026]

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As AI grows more capable, one question becomes unavoidable: should machines ever play a role in governing society? Brendan McCord and Liam Booth-Smith explore democracy, citizenship, technological progress, and why the human capacity to exercise judgment may become more—not less—important in the age of artificial intelligence. __ Buy your 1st edition copy of our new book, The Age of Reconstruction: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916948510 With the return of the ARC Conference this June, we are publishing a brand new book — the most comprehensive synthesis of ARC’s philosophy to date. Drawing on Augustine, Tolkien, and a long tradition of civilisational thinking, The Age of Reconstruction charts a path from diagnosis to renewal. While many can point out where things have gone wrong, this book does what most can’t: it lays out a vision of what we must build, how, and why it is still possible. Praise for The Age of Reconstruction: "Will Western Civilisation flourish, or flounder? It

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