Passions Against Passions in the Age of AI
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Restore the Madisonian Balance?
James Madison did not design American democracy for angels.
He designed it for human beings.
That distinction remains essential. Madison understood that people are moved by interests, ambitions, loyalties, fears, resentments, hopes, and passions. He did not imagine that a republic could eliminate these forces. In fact, he understood that trying to elimina…