AI for the Public Interest: Bruce Schneier
AI for the Public Interest: Bruce Schneier  
Podcast: Future Hindsight
Published On: Thu Oct 30 2025
Description: We discuss how AI can both serve the public interest and advance the goals of our democracy, despite the misgivings about the current state of AI.   Bruce's civic action toolkit recommendations are:  1) Use the tools of AI! 2) Use assistive tech to write to your elected representatives   Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, chief of security architecture at Inrupt Inc, a lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the co-author of Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.     Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:  https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark    Follow Mila on X:  https://x.com/milaatmos    Follow Bruce on X:  https://x.com/schneierblog    Sponsor:  Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.   Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight  Credits:  Host: Mila Atmos  Guests: Bruce Schneier Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis