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<p>Hi folks - I'm organizing a book launch for friend and colleague Dr. Fenwick McKelvey from Concordia University. Details below. </p>

<p><b>Will AI save or ruin democracy? </b></p>

<p>Monday, Sept 28. 11:30-1pm</p>

<p>Samara Centre for Democracy</p>

<p>33 Prince Arthur Ave</p>

<p>A live Q & A between Dr. Fenwick McKelvey and Monika Warzecha, digital editor at The Walrus, discussing his new book with

<a href="https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15585.001.0001" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.7551%2Fmitpress%2F15585.001.0001&data=05%7C02%7Cevan.light%40utoronto.ca%7C924f7b63e3744e58ae0708df0e85e14f%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C639245640346402026%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TNEX%2FO6tOLEhwB%2Bu20nkVDRyTGL2qRNi6GGog5X92%2FE%3D&reserved=0" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">

open access with MIT Press</a>, <a href="https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6166/SimPoliticsAmerica-s-Quest-to-Solve-Politics-with" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdirect.mit.edu%2Fbooks%2Foa-monograph%2F6166%2FSimPoliticsAmerica-s-Quest-to-Solve-Politics-with&data=05%7C02%7Cevan.light%40utoronto.ca%7C924f7b63e3744e58ae0708df0e85e14f%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C639245640346429531%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ua61TDxiJ6ODelEOKAvbn7AepReKjK8qDMWi8a91RQY%3D&reserved=0" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">

SimPolitics: America’s Quest to Solve Politics with Computers</a>.The public discussion connects the book to today's debates around AI, bots, and the future of democracy.In

<em><em>SimPolitics</em></em>, Fenwick McKelvey traces the entwined history of politics and computers from the 1960s to the late 1980s to explore how computer models became fundamental to political practice—from winning elections to global affairs—and how we

 imagine political futures as a computing problem.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-plus-chairs.html" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.ca%2Fen%2Fimpact-plus-chairs.html&data=05%7C02%7Cevan.light%40utoronto.ca%7C924f7b63e3744e58ae0708df0e85e14f%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C639245640346452574%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GO2p68R64LWbxPEfplKz7qnoDMWZxUWBASol%2FsCzEXA%3D&reserved=0" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eddie

 Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in Democratic Communication</a> Daniel Kreiss says "With rich detail, Fenwick McKelvey's brilliant

<em><em>SimPolitics</em></em> urgently reminds us that we should spend less time worrying about perfecting simulations and more time thinking about their politics."</p>

<p>Organized by the <a href="https://policydreams.ca/" title="https://policydreams.ca" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">

PolicyDreams Research Lab and Gallery</a> at the University of Toronto's <a href="https://ischool.utoronto.ca/" title="https://ischool.utoronto.ca" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">

Faculty of Information</a> and hosted by the <a href="https://www.samaracentre.ca/" title="https://www.samaracentre.ca/" data-msys-clicktrack="0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow noopener noreferrer">

Samara Centre for Democracy</a>.</p>

<p>Please register here!</p>

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Evan Light

Associate Professor, Policy Studies

Coordinator, Critical Information Policy Studies

Faculty of Information / iSchool

University of Toronto

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