Leveraging AI to transform public engagement and support informed, inclusive democratic decisions.

Empowering Deliberative Democracy with AI
ORBIS harnesses the power of AI to support deliberative democracy, making public engagement more accessible, comprehensible, and impactful.
AI-enhanced Tools for Deliberation
ORBIS has developed and implemented a suite of AI-powered tools designed to improve and scale deliberative democracy processes. These tools aim to make deliberative processes more accessible, understandable, and high-quality, expanding participation and deepening understanding of public opinions and policy debates.


Deliberative Platforms Powered by AI
The ORBIS toolkit is integrated into several project-specific deliberative platforms: BCause, PolisOrbis, and Democratic Reflection, each designed to meet unique deliberative needs. BCause structures debates into supporting and opposing views, displaying them through timelines and argument trees, and synthesizing discussions by highlighting relevant contributions. PolisOrbis, leveraging the open-source Pol.is framework, facilitates large-scale discussions using AI to instantly identify and display emerging patterns of consensus.
AI Components in the ORBIS Toolkit
The tools within the ORBIS toolkit each address a specific aspect of deliberation enhancement. Argument Mining (AM) focuses on automatically extracting and structuring argumentative components from texts, analyzing the construction of arguments to map reasoning across various discourses such as debates, legal documents, or online discussions.

