Find common ground.

The Habermas Machine helps groups reach agreement on complex issues through structured, AI-mediated deliberation.

How it works

Create a deliberation on a topic of your choice and invite others to participate. Participants share perspectives and collaboratively refine a statement that reflects the group’s views.

Opinion Phase

Participants share their views.

Synthesis Phase

AI generates statements to reflect the group’s opinion.

Ranking Phase

Evaluate AI-generated group statements.

Critique Phase

Suggest improvements to the group statement

Final Consensus

The group converges on a final statement through iterative revision and feedback.

Built on research

Grounded in deliberative democracy.

The Habermas Machine is named after the philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who argued that democratic legitimacy arises when ordinary people can openly, fairly, and rationally deliberate together.

It's developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, with support from the Oxford Research Software Engineering Group.

Try it for your group.

You'll need an account to host; participants can join with just a session code.

Start a Deliberation