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SUMMARY:“Can AI Foster Democratic Open-Mindedness?”
DESCRIPTION:\nVictor Bruzzone studies how institutions can foster mutual
	 understanding and civic virtue in democracy. In this talk\, Bruzzone wi
	ll present results from an experimental adaptation of Brand et al.’s (20
	25) Ideological Turing Test (ITT) study to examine whether interacting w
	ith an AI can enhance open-mindedness in democratic deliberation (the ab
	ility to faithfully articulate opposing views). While several recent stu
	dies suggest AI dialogue can help shift people’s beliefs\, our findings 
	suggest that soliciting open-mindedness to one’s political opponents may
	 not be as successful.\n\nBruzzone received his Ph.D. in political theor
	y from the the University of Toronto and is now a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fel
	low in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State. His research combi
	nes democratic theory\, phenomenology\, and empirical design to examine 
	what kinds of institutions can cultivate both epistemic and solidarity b
	enefits.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/can-ai-fos
	ter-democratic-open-mindedness/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>Victor Bruzzone
	 studies how institutions can foster mutual understanding and civic virt
	ue in democracy. In this talk, Bruzzone will present results from an exp
	erimental adaptation of Brand et al.’s (2025) Ideological Turing Test (I
	TT) study to examine whether interacting with an AI can enhance open-min
	dedness in democratic deliberation (the ability to faithfully articulate
	 opposing views). While several recent studies suggest AI dialogue can h
	elp shift people’s beliefs, our findings suggest that soliciting open-mi
	ndedness to one’s political opponents may not be as successful.</p><p>Br
	uzzone received his Ph.D. in political theory from the the University of
	 Toronto and is now a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Communication Arts an
	d Sciences at Penn State. His research combines democratic theory, pheno
	menology, and empirical design to examine what kinds of institutions can
	 cultivate both epistemic and solidarity benefits.</p><p>For more detail
	s: <a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/can-ai-foster-democratic-ope
	n-mindedness/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/can-ai-foster-democratic-
	open-mindedness/</a></p></body></html>
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