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May 4, 2026 46 min

How Helpful Are AI Tools for Autocrats?

from RevDem Podcast Hosted by Review of Democracy

In the new episode of our series produced in partnership with the Journal of Democracy, Ferenc Laczó speaks with L. Jason Anastasopoulos and Jie (Jason) Lian about their article, “The Limits of Authoritarian AI.” They discuss the new challenges and opportunities for repression that AI poses; the dilemmas autocrats face when employing such tools; what a maximalist agenda forpro-democracy activists could look like and how it could begin to be realized; and how authoritarian and democratic regimes may use AI in the future.

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