How AI-Driven Search May Reshape Democracy, Economics, and Human Agency

In an article for Tech Policy Press, AIMES Lab Director John Wihbey, together with Cameron Pattison and Vance Ricks, analyzes Google’s AI Overview and its implications for the future of information systems. The piece examines how the transition from traditional link-based search to AI-generated summaries may affect algorithmic transparency, the economic sustainability of content creation, and the integrity of democratic processes.