Collaborative Decision Making App
The parliament of South Africa is currently exploring the possibilities of using a chatbot to help their MPs. The inter-parliamentary union states that this chatbot is expected to assist decision-makers in determining the status of bills, resolutions, queries, and more. These bots would also address queries such as, “Where is the meeting location?” or “Has my trip been approved yet?”
Clicktivism has become associated with the eroding of physical or embodied participation constituting the traditional means of offline activism (Bakardjieva, Svensson & Skoric 2012). Have you ever seen a Facebook post about a touching story of someone who needs help and you liked the post because if you… ”
I found this in my junk mail, and I’m not marking it safe for future, but here it is: So I click and get to this other page: And I am wondering if they are announcing the date of the vote, only one day before, when was the debate time? What is a vote without … Read more
…” Calls to “democratize technology” ring hollow when both systems seem to be failing. The key is realizing that democracy is not yet in its final form.
…”As we deal with everything from surveillance to space travel, we desperately need ways to collectively negotiate complex value trade-offs with global consequences, and ways to share in their benefits.
“Media theorist Elizabeth Losh explains how politicians’ digital strategies appeal to the same fantasies of digital connection, access, and participation peddled by Silicon Valley.
