https://criss-lab.com/tag/constitutional-process/Constitutional ProcessWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-usFri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://criss-lab.com/media/sharing.pnghttps://criss-lab.com/tag/constitutional-process/https://criss-lab.com/post/discolab-duna-2023/Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://criss-lab.com/post/discolab-duna-2023/<p>Radio Duna interviewed Cristian Candia about <strong>Discolab</strong> and the UDD constitutional explorer.</p> <p>The interview discussed how AI-assisted summaries, comparisons, and source-linked references can help citizens engage with complex constitutional texts using more accessible language.</p>https://criss-lab.com/blog/discolab-constitutional-ai/Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://criss-lab.com/blog/discolab-constitutional-ai/<p>Discolab started from a simple premise: complex documents become more useful when people can read, compare, annotate, discuss, and rank them collectively.</p> <p>During Chile&rsquo;s constitutional process, the platform used AI-assisted search, summaries, comparison, and paragraph-level discussion to help citizens understand the proposed constitutional text in relation to previous texts and the current Constitution.</p> <p>The platform connects three CRiSS-LAB interests. First, <strong>collective intelligence</strong>: comments, votes, and rankings reveal where groups agree, disagree, or need more information. Second, <strong>information accessibility</strong>: AI can reduce the cost of navigating complex legal documents when outputs remain linked to sources. Third, <strong>civic deliberation</strong>: public debate improves when participants can inspect evidence and compare interpretations.</p> <p>Discolab also informs broader work on organizational learning, public consultation, and systems that help communities transform distributed knowledge into auditable collective understanding.</p> <p>Coverage from UDD and La Tercera is available in <a href="https://criss-lab.com/post/">News &amp; Media</a>.</p>