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Michiel Bakker

Assistant Professor, MIT Sloan; Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind

Michiel Bakker is an assistant professor at MIT Sloan (affiliated with the Media Lab's Center for Constructive Communication) and a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind. He co-authored the 'Habermas Machine,' a 2024 Science paper showing AI can help groups find common ground in democratic deliberation. He is a co-author of Europe 2031, a month-by-month scenario of Europe's growing AI dependence, and studies how people stay capable and self-governing as AI use spreads.