Smartdemocracy: artificial intelligence plus cognitive democracy as a radical participatory alternative

• Aguilar Blanc, Carlos ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Huelva

     Universidad de Huelva

     Huelva, España

     
• Localización: Revista internacional de pensamiento político, ISSN 1885-589X, Nº. 20, 2025, págs. 361-392
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.46661/revintpensampolit.12880
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Smartdemocracy: la inteligencia artificial sumada a la democracia cognitiva como una alternativa radicalmente participativa
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  • español

    Las democracias liberales enfrentan una crisis de legitimidad evidenciada en déficits epistémicos, funcionales y procedimentales. Este artículo propone como solución la SmartDemocracy o Democracia Cognitiva Inteligente (DCI), modelo constitucional que reconcilia igualdad política, competencia epistémica y eficacia funcional mediante una arquitectura tricameral: Cámara Popular (sufragio universal), Cámara Cognitiva (credenciales temporales por mérito/ afectación/ experiencia), y una Cámara Sintética (Inteligencia Artificial explicable XAI) bajo supervisión ciudadana. El Ejecutivo Tricéfalo Algorítmico implementa Pactos de Ejecución Programables con indicadores verificables y cláusulas sunset automáticas. Cinco prohibiciones absolutas previenen la degeneración tecnocrática. La DCI pretende superar a la epistemocracia restrictiva y a la democracia representativa tradicional, institucionalizando un conocimiento bajo control democrático permanente mediante la explicabilidad obligatoria de la IA y auditorías críticas independientes.

  • English

    Liberal democracies face legitimacy crisis evidenced by epistemic, functional, and procedural deficits. This article proposes SmartDemocracy or Intelligent Cognitive Democracy (ICD), a constitutional model reconciling political equality, epistemic competence, and functional efficacy through tricameral architecture: Popular Chamber (inalienable universal suffrage), Cognitive Chamber (temporary credentials via merit/affectation/experience), and Synthetic Chamber (Explainable Artificial Intelligence XAI) under citizen oversight. The Algorithmic Tricephalous Executive implements Programmable Execution Pacts with verifiable indicators and automatic sunset clauses. Five absolute prohibitions prevent technocratic degeneration. ICD aims to surpass restrictive epistocracy and traditional representative democracy, institutionalizing knowledge under permanent democratic control through mandatory AI explainability and adversarial audits.

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