Essays Tagged "Renovator"
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Rewiring Democracy: Citizen Science Leads to Civic AI in Scotland
This is the fourth in a multi-part series by Sanders and Schneier going into depth on real-world examples of democratic technologies from their book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Their first piece was about the Japanese digital democracy party "Team Mirai," their second was about the Swiss Public AI model "Apertus," and the third was about the civic technologists of Open Knowledge Brazil.
A generation ago, only a select few—a scientific elite—got to participate directly in the discovery of new astrophysical phenomena like exotic galaxy types or new worlds around other stars using the latest data from space telescopes or powerful observatories. This work was rarefied because the mechanics of astronomical observation were complex, the ability (and willingness) of scientists to distribute that data was low, and the capability of non-experts to understand and provide meaningful input to the science was thought to be very limited…
Rewiring Democracy: AI & the Struggle for Open Knowledge in Brazil
Rewiring Democracy Series, Part 3
This is the third in a multi-part series by Sanders and Schneier going into depth on real-world examples of democratic technologies from their book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Their first piece was about the Japanese digital democracy party “Team Mirai” and their second was about the Swiss Public AI model “Apertus.”
It’s not an easy time for those trying to do good in the world, especially for those in the Global South. Financial pressures from the collapse of foreign aid, surging energy costs, and inflation combine with rising authoritarianism and a …
Rewiring Democracy Now: Switzerland Shows Us an Alternative to Corporate AI
Public AI Must Counterbalance Corporate AI
This is the second in a multi-part series by Sanders and Schneier going into depth on real-world examples of democratic technologies from their book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Their first piece was about the Japanese digital democracy party “Team Mirai.”
Skeptics of AI often point to the many significant, unchecked harms that AI produces in society today. Bosses cut human jobs, even if it means stealing human creativity to build AI replacements—regardless of whether the replacement technology is up to the job. Megacorporations aim to capture all the value created by AI for their shareholders, imperiling the global economy with risky and unsustainable ventures. And AI companies use exorbitant amounts of energy and natural resources to fuel all of this, with no apparent concern for local environmental damage or global climate impacts…
Rewiring Democracy Now
A new kind of political engagement emerges in Japan
This is the first in a new multi-part series by Sanders and Schneier going into depth on real-world examples of democratic technologies from their book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.
When we first heard the name Takahiro Anno a year ago, the then 33-year-old had just mounted a longshot bid for governor of Tokyo. He lacked the backing of any established political party, but won more than 150,000 votes.
That’s not an easy feat for a political newcomer with essentially no resources—no funding for advertising, no campaign apparatus, no political organization. Anno adopted a strategy that differentiated him among the candidates…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.