A National Civic Writing & Listening Network for the AI Age
For: America at 250 – A Beacon for the AI Age (2026)
Proposed by: Nguyen Anh Tuan, Global Governance Architect; Co-Founder, Co-Chair & CEO, Boston Global Forum (BGF); Creator of AIWS
What ACV Is
America Civic Voice (ACV) is a national civic writing and listening network that protects free expression with responsibility—turning citizens’ lived experience into constructive, actionable input for democratic governance in the AI Age.
Why It Matters Now
America’s democracy is overloaded by polarization and noise, while real needs too often go unheard. ACV restores productive civic voice and converts it into clear, ethical signals for modern governance—aligned with AIWS Government 24/7.
Core Outcomes
- Protect rights + responsibility: free expression with clear integrity safeguards
• Rebuild trust: “We heard you → Here’s what changed” feedback loops
• Increase speed + quality of governance: faster issue detection, clearer priorities, better decisions
• Reduce polarization: elevate common ground and practical solutions across communities
ACV System (4 Parts)
1) Civic Writing Platform (Web/Mobile)
Prompted civic writing for stories, problems, proposals, and evidence—not slogans.
Supported formats: short testimony, community reports, solution sketches, and “what worked” case notes.
2) Civic Listening & Synthesis (AI-assisted; human-governed)
AI clusters input into themes, tradeoffs, and urgent alerts, producing weekly and monthly briefs, with human editorial review and governance oversight.
Outputs are explainable and accompanied by review notes and uncertainty flags.
3) Responsibility & Trust Layer
Clear civic integrity standards:
• No doxxing, no incitement, no dehumanization, no coordinated manipulation
• Transparent summaries + audit notes + bias checks + appeals mechanism
• Optional identity verification (with privacy-preserving design)
4) Government Interface (AIWS Government 24/7 Link)
Feeds citizen signals into:
• 24/7 Citizen Service Portal (case routing, tracking, and response)
• Transparency & Trust Dashboard (performance, integrity, outcomes)
Governance & Safeguards
- Nonpartisan Civic Trust Board (civil rights leaders, academia, journalism, local leaders, youth, veterans, and faith voices)
• Constitutional alignment and public accountability
• Independent reviews and published standards
Flagship Use Cases
- Service failures (healthcare access, housing, infrastructure, public safety)
• Community reconciliation dialogues (shared prompts; visible common ground)
• “Signal vs. noise” civic priority maps (local/state/national)
• Citizen solutions pipeline (highlight ideas; connect to partners)
Integration pathway (Pentland / deliberation.io): ACV can integrate with deliberation.io and related large-scale dialogue methods advanced by MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland (BGF Board Member) and collaborators, enabling structured civic deliberation at scale—finding common ground, surfacing tradeoffs, and translating citizen input into policy-relevant signals (deliberation reports and tradeoff memos). This strengthens ACV’s Dialogue & Civic Participation Layer, complementing civic writing with facilitated deliberation sessions and measurable governance follow-through.
Metrics
- Participation diversity + retention
• Constructive content ratio and integrity outcomes (appeals, removals, transparency score)
• Time-to-insight + time-to-action (issue → acknowledged → resolved)
• Trust indicators (public satisfaction, repeat engagement)
• Civic impact (services improved, conflicts reduced, solutions adopted)
America at 250 Legacy Statement
At America’s 250th anniversary, ACV renews the founding promise: a democracy that listens to its people. By combining freedom with responsibility—and AI with ethics—ACV becomes a cornerstone of AIWS Government 24/7 and a model for democratic renewal in the AI Age.
