How AI is Impacting Democracy and Civil Society Ft. Valentine Goddard w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

Episode #5 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.Listen to this powerful conversation with Valentine Goddard, founder of the AI Impact Alliance, whose work sits at the intersection of Responsible AI, governance, art, and human rights.We discuss:How AI is reshaping culture and civic life and why we need responsible AI governanceThe need to protect human agency in a world increasingly influenced by machinesWhy art and civic engagement are essential to preserving our humanityWhat citizens need to know about political bias baked into AI systemsUNESCO’s role in developing human-centered AI governanceWhy empathy and democracy are at risk in the age of AIIf you care about protecting democratic freedoms, human creativity, cultural knowledge, and our shared humanity — you don’t want to miss this conversation.00:00 Preview00:46 Episode Introduction02:49 About Valentine Goddard05:49 Valentine’s backstory12:49 About the AI Impact Alliance (AIIA)14:02 Why civic engagement is urgently needed to shape AI governance19:21 What does “human-centric AI” mean?23:35 How kids may lose their “cognitive freedom/agency” to AI28:53 The risks of AI companions and tutors33:34 How can art inform AI ethics and policy?37:12 Using art to reclaim agency in the age of AI43:28 Are there political biases in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude?45:16 The risks of “artificial intimacy” 49:17 What happens when AI starts shaping human thought?51:32 How does fake information on AI systems pose national security risks?01:00:12 UNESCO Report: Protecting cultural data in the age of AI01:10:50 Valentine Goddard’s Purposeful Empathy storyCONNECT WITH VALENTINE✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentine-goddard-a4123a1/✩ Website https://www.valentinegoddard.com/✩ AI Impact Alliance https://www.allianceimpact.org ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gabelle✩ X https://x.com/vavacolorCONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.socialSHOW NOTES✩ Algorithmic Frontiers https://www.algorithmicfrontiers.com/✩ Une Vie Intelligente https://duceppe.com/une-vie-intelligente/✩ Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/✩ Claude https://claude.ai/login✩ ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com ✩ Democratic Infrastructure for Creative Futures: Building the AI, IP & Culture Repository – UNESCO Report https://ai-update.co.uk/2026/05/01/democratic-infrastructure-for-creative-futures-building-the-ai-ip-culture-repository-unesco/?utm_source=chatgpt.comVideo edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio