5 ways how artificial intelligence changes diplomacy 💻🤝

Diplomacy x Data

As the world becomes increasingly complex, the role of diplomacy in maintaining peace and stability has never been more important. With the advancements in AI, diplomats now have access to new tools and technologies to support their efforts. Will AI-based agents soon represent us at diplomatic negotiations?

♟️ Media Monitoring: diplomatic negotiations are influenced by the way political actors comment on them. AI-based monitoring enables diplomatic teams to know more about the current “mood”.

♟️ Document Summarization: diplomacy produces documents. Many documents. Natural Language Processing applications can help in reducing the manual workload of diplomatic task forces.

♟️ Scenario Creation: we all are limited by our own assumptions and biases. AI-driven scenario creation enables finding new scenarios for agreements that have not been considered previously.

♟️ Diplomatic Profiling: Spotify recommended you a new cool song? AI-based profiling helps to identify personal preferences and targeting. It is nothing new in the field of diplomacy, but can be enhanced through advances in data science.

♟️ Negotiation Agent: Meta’s algorithm CICERO successfully tackles both language and strategy in the classic board game Diplomacy. However, negotiation agents still have shortcomings in explainability and strategic consistency.

As we move towards a future shaped by AI, it is crucial that we harness its power and support diplomacy to build a more peaceful and sustainable world. Are you excited to see how AI can support diplomacy in the years to come?

Stay tuned for more posts about diplomacy and data science on this blog and my LinkedIn.

~ Jan