Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a valuable tool for mediators and diplomats, making their work to end deadly conflicts more effective and efficient. Use cases range from early warning to drafting peace agreement text to monitoring agreement implementation. One of the most promising potential uses is in making peace processes more inclusive, by using AI to gather, analyze and summarize citizens’ perspectives at scale, and then bringing those views to the negotiating table. But with these potential uses come substantial obstacles and risks, notably the limited internet connectivity available to people directly affected by conflict and the relative dearth of online material in African languages for AI tools to learn from and utilize, as well as associated concerns about data and algorithmic bias and data sovereignty.
