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ted (not lasso)
@ted
heard from Anthropic's newest hire to lead Claude for state and local government at @edgecity's demo day (one of my fav rituals) last Friday. ex-founder, ran for office, engaged deeply with citizens and policymakers so has great real-world experience to focus on responsible AI solutions for: 1. digital democracy (eg civic engagement like pol.is) 2. better laws (removing redundancies and unnecessary red tape) 3. state capacity (eg enhance customer service at DMV or tax agencies) 4. citizen services (eg bilingual chatbots to access health services) hard for me to not see all of these at net positive developments, but forced myself to consider potential counter arguments to each of the above (plus concerns around data privacy, biased values): 1. better participation =/= better representation 2. redundancy can be subjective 3. job replacement (although they were intentional about "enhancement") 4. better access =/= more trust regardless, i'm feeling encouraged by Anthropic's position to use AI as a force multiplier (and not a panacea or silver bullet) to improve politics + policy in America. we are in a much better place than the "tech alone will fix this" mindset.
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Shaya
@shaya
It’s really awesome that you attended this! I was supposed to be there but taking care of the family instead which is all good, but share some photos and more stories from the event please!
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Matthew 🔵🎩🌈 🔮🍖
@mstublefield.eth
I think number 2 is especially tricky. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/rural-broadband-biden-trump/683088/ is focused on broadband but I think this section is applicable:
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
Sounds super cool, thanks for sharing. (And great points)
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ShinⓂ️oma🎩👾🍖
@shinmoma
Thanks for the thoughtful breakdown, it’s important to stay clear eyed even as we build with hope.
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chalinosghost
@chalinosghost.eth
Exactly the type of longer form casts i like to read and engage with. hope to see more of these types of thoughts and ideas on farcster! 10k characters for the win.
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