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Tugendhat: Can AI Fix the Broken State?
Governments over-promise, under-deliver
AI as a double-edged tool
Aimed at elites
Risk
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Concentrates power
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Tighter central control
Aimed at citizens
Promise
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Hands power back
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Better everyday services
From 1854 supply failures to today
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Crimean War 1854
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Institutional complexity
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Failed delivery
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AI-aided services
A challenge, not a blueprint
Published July 6, 2026 in the WSJ
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British lawmaker Tom Tugendhat asks in the Wall Street Journal whether AI can repair the modern state.