AI's Civic Potential: Natalie Monbiot

April 24th, 2025

“We are the creators of the AI.”

We discuss what’s happening in the AI space to augment human life in this moment, and what the potential intersections are with democracy.

Natalie Monbiot is a strategist and pioneer in AI and virtual human technologies. She is the Founder of Virtual Human Economy, the co-founder of Hour One, and writes the Augmented Human blog.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Natalie are:

1. Use AI and lean into it

2. Explore the ways AI can empower you

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Natalie Monbiot

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis