Erika Sato & Mwende Hinojosa led this year's Sustainable Economies Law Center's participatory budgeting (PB) process and will share with us their process and learnings.

Tickets: https://t.co/IfufBaTojq

#Budget #organizations #democratization #neweconomies https://t.co/6fDsGQHuA0

This isn't the fault of the AI industry - the computational intensity is a fact, not a choice - but when the AI industry claims that "open" will "democratize" AI, they are hiding the ball. People who hear these "#democratization" claims (especially policymakers) are thinking about entrepreneurial kids in garages, but unless these kids have access to multi-billion-dollar data centers, they can't be "disruptors" who topple tech giants with cool new ideas.

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Lots of folks are talking about the “democratization” of design/research. The sentiment is meaningful but the approach is a mistake.

Sites like WebMD are a democratization of doctors. They’re reasonable for small issues, but we need doctors for the big stuff. With design, research etc. it’s the same. Asking any random person to conduct research is a mistake.

This post and its threads are a good read on it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UXResearch/comments/14ilxu6/manager_wants_me_to_share_specialised_skill_set/

#UX #Research #Design #Democratization #Creative #Tech

Read the @Opendatasoft e-book and explore how data #democratization benefits the #UtilitySectors. It benefits #NetZero challenges around efficiency, #sustainability and #transparency.
👉 https://bit.ly/3qGzhOZ
#EUOpenData https://t.co/oDEZtPZdak

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_opendata/status/1671790177013080064

2/ With this move, Meta aims to democratize AI and make it more accessible to businesses of all sizes. This could be a game-changer for startups and small businesses looking to leverage the power of AI without breaking the bank. 💼💡 #Democratization #Startups

“The barrier to entry for training and experimentation has dropped from the total output of a major research organization to one person, an evening, and a beefy laptop.”

Has it though?

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither

#generativeAI #machinelearning #democratization #training #upskilling

I just started using Bard to help me learn Google Cloud console.

I’m considering the various models, but need an AI assistant and Learning & Development (#EdTech space) to search and discover the appropriate context.

Otherwise, democratized machine learning apps are like the Library of Alexandria without a card catalog or a Hypatia to explain the Gods of Lies™ and what you need

#GoogleCloud #learning #democratization #AIapps #librarian #cybrarian #GoogleBard #stochasticparrots

Thank you to Christopher Nash (Airtable) and Oren Friedman (Rally) for facilitating a fantastic conversation about research #democratization.

Below are some of my top takeaways.

1. Research democratization is a full-time job.
2. The democratization sweet spot is evaluative studies.
3. Start small and run pilot programs.
4. Be prepared to do a lot of education and coaching.
5. Provide oversight and a gated process.
6. Ensure synthesis is documented.

#uxresearch #userresearch

Elinson, Gregory, Norm-Breakers, Rights-Makers: #Legislative #Norms, #Democratization, and the Fight For#CivilRights (February 1, 2023). Northern Illinois University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4348414 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4348414 #LegalResearch #CivilRights #democracy, #CivilRightsAct, #VotingRightsAct

RT @UXCopenhagen
Ticket sales to the #UXCopenagen conference end in two weeks from now, on March 20th!

#Accessibility #CognitiveBias #InclusiveDesign #UnintendedConsequences #UXR #DesignLeadership #DesignCritique #FractionalLeadership #Democratization #ContentDesign #UXPsychology #networking

RT @UXCopenhagen
So many great reasons to join #UXCopenhagen on Mar 23-24:
https://uxcopenhagen.com/#tickets

#Accessibility #CognitiveBias #InclusiveDesign #UnintendedConsequences #UXR #DesignLeadership #DesignCritique #Storytelling #FractionalLeadership #Democratization #UXPsychology #ContentDesign

RT @JeanPaulRGagnon@twitter.com

"For #democracy to prevail, we must transform the vague idea of 'the will of the people' into legal procedure." - Stephen P. Turner, @beachboystevie@twitter.com

https://theloop.ecpr.eu/making-the-case-for-administrative-democracy/

#law #legaltech #society #democratization #future #administration #public #policy #ideas #people #state

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JeanPaulRGagnon/status/1617871672446717953

2Tokens.org invited me as a panelist at roundtable that took place on November 2022 in Amsterdam:
Democratize Finance
Digital Notaries and Tokenized Invoicing

The main conclusion was that tokenization of invoices could pave the way for democratization of finance.

Summary was just published https://www.2tokens.org/blog/democratize-finance

Join us on this journey! #tokenization #invoice #democratization #finance

This new article in #Democratization analyses elections in #Bosnia - Herzegovina, #Croatia, #Kosovo, #Lebanon, etc.
It identifies a new violation of the „1-person-1-vote“ rule. It can potentially undermine democratic legitimacy. It's not about the usual debate about #quotas, it's more severe.

And it entails a number of election paradoxes.

Thread.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2157404
#polisci

What is autocratization and how can we measure it?

We have a new paper forthcoming in the Journal of Peace Research which conceptualizes episodes of #democratization and #autocratization and develops a new dataset. The ERT dataset, codebook, a user-friendly R package and a ShinyApp is already available here: https://github.com/vdeminstitute/ERT

#democracy
@politicalscience
@S_Hellmeier

Power-sharing in divided societies relies on group representation. We know surprisingly little about the latter.
My new article in #Democratization

1. conceptualises group representation
2. identifies novel violations of the one-person-one-vote principle

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2022.2157404

This is an example of why it's essential to delegate tasks and have a backup plan in place. For months, I have been mentoring and developing my backup/deputy in preparation for potential incidents. Just last week, I used an example of how I might be incapacitated in a car accident. Little did I know that earlier this week, my family and I would be involved in a car accident while on our way to a Disney Cruise. Another vehicle hydroplaned and hit us, causing us to spin across an 8-lane highway and get ping-ponged by multiple cars before coming to a stop on the shoulder. Fortunately, the kids and I only suffered minor injuries, but my wife was hospitalized with multiple traumatic injuries as she took most of the impact. It's going to be a long road to recovery for her, but we are grateful to be alive.

I'm grateful that our continuity plan allows me to be with my family and help them recover without impacting the organization. While we are disappointed that we missed out on our cruise and the White House Christmas party this year, what matters most is that we are still alive. It's important to remember that tomorrow is never guaranteed and to live today like it's your last.

#mentoring #reslience #continuity #democratization #teamwork #disasterplanning #infosec

It was a pleasure to contribute to this important documentary and can't wait to see the final product!

RT @Balkan_Fund@twitter.com

📹We are glad to have supported the making of the documentary "Time of #Stabilitocracy” produced by @EWB_eu@twitter.com and Panorama Films as a visual dissection and an expert view of the phenomenon of stabilitocracy in the #WesternBalkans

#democratization
#WB6

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3FBkrxa

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Balkan_Fund/status/1603792476237692929

RT @Balkan_Fund@twitter.com

📹We are glad to have supported the making of the documentary "Time of #Stabilitocracy” produced by @EWB_eu@twitter.com and Panorama Films as a visual dissection and an expert view of the phenomenon of stabilitocracy in the #WesternBalkans

#democratization
#WB6

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3FBkrxa

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Balkan_Fund/status/1603792476237692929

Everyone who is shocked or complaining about #ElonMusk's hypocritical and unethical use of power needs to wake up.

Plenty of us warned about making corporations custodians of our content and public discourse. This was bound to happen.

Will you now listen, and maybe stick #decentralization / #decentralisation and #democratization / #democratisation in your hashtags and daily priorities?

Why not throw in #p2p and #SafeNetwork too! 👍 #TwitterMigration