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Wonder what's been going on with the Internet Government? This @SocietyLibrary program has been gaining immense experience creating federal-level policy and providing city-level consulting. We're taking the necessary steps towards becoming a representative engine. (1/2)
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Thank you for having me on your podcast, @Liv_Boeree! It was such a pleasure. You are an incredible host.
Also - beyond making sense of people's values, we're building out structured representations of logical arguments and the evidence which backs them.
It's important to detect and incorporate predominant value preferences of a given civilization, but we also must gather the collective evidence and logical reasoning which a given civilization generates. Its about harnessing the best collective intelligence we have to manage ourselves well.
Really appreciate you giving me an opportunity to discuss this at length!
Democracy is a hot mess right now, in part because politicians are an outdated technology. What if we replaced - or at least supplemented them with -databases that tracked their constituents' values?
That's one of many juicy topics covered in this Win-Win conversation with @JustJamieJoyce . Jamie is the founder of Society Library and a leading expert on information infrastructure, and this is one of my favourite conversations thus far.
Watch right here on X, or your usual pod platform.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
4:30 - Diablo Canyon Debate Map
14:26 - How To Evaluate Evidence?
16:18 - How To Minimize Bias?
19:06 - Bad Faith & Fringe Perspectives
24:16 - Flat Earth Conspiracies?
28:37 - Cyber Attacks On Internet Archive
33:54 - Modernizing Government
41:01 - The Evil of Corporate Lobbying
49:40 - Managing Info Hazards
53:19 - Virtues And Values
57:06 - When Jamie Neatly Went Blind
1:01:27 - Improving The Information Ecosystem
1:12:44 - Prediction Markets and Sensemaking
1:15:25 - Structuring Data For Improved Learning
1:22:17 - Society Library Meme Token Nonsense
1:32:21 - Rapid Fire Predictions
1:38:51 - Jamie's Favorite Win-Win
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Spicy take: politicians are an outdated technology that should be replaced by viewpoint databases.
@JustJamieJoyce explains why 👇
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
New interview out, this time with the brilliant Jamie Joyce! We discuss:
- why politicians are outdated technology
- fixing the evil of corporate lobbying
- why digitizing government may be the only way to save democracy
And much more. @JustJamieJoyce is as sharp as it gets, I recommend a watch 👇
youtu.be/HzxW3a9jAxE?si=2cta…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
On the subject of LLMs and reasoning, The @SocietyLibrary just keeps shipping.
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Looking forward to this, and in general I have been continuously heartened by Canada's ongoing interest in the govtech sector.
Honored by the invitation to present the work of the @SocietyLibrary to over 2k Canadian government officials and discuss using AI to analyze massive-scale data. catalogue.csps-efpc.gc.ca/pr…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Sometimes we want to see/hear different points of view on the questions we have - personal, professional, or on current affairs. 👥
The @SocietyLibrary team made this little tool to see multiple views at the press of a button. We call it "Perspectives." Let us know if you want us to keep it around! 🔽
Another sweet byproduct of our civilization-scale mapping work! 🗺️
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Political matters are complex. We need to build tools to make it easier to search for truth at the civilization-scale.
Check out the @SocietyLibrary Papers interface, which nests a dynamic wiki page for every sentence in an interactive briefing document.
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Grateful for the invite, can't wait!
We're excited to have @JustJamieJoyce from @SocietyLibrary join us at the Open Source AI Day during @FundingCommons! She will be unpacking how open, transparent AI can empower the public's understanding and trust.
📅: Sun, April 14th
📍: @UCBerkeley
🔗: lu.ma/71y9vyb2
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Following the news about the Search-Augmented Factuality Evaluator (SAFE) tool (which we have been building our own version of the past month), we know what comes next: "Context Checking." Read our article from 3 years ago on the subject: societylibrary.medium.com/im…
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It is not infrequent that I have to try and reframe people's misperceptions of why we use debate maps at the @SocietyLibrary. It's not because we want to make these maps 'a thing.' It's because 'debate-checking' is the logical end of 'fact-checking.'
If you are 'proving' one fact/premise/argument at a time, it's essentially cherry-picking. If you are searching for truth, it needs to be conducted in a manner that's maximizing the context of the inquiry space, so relevant arguments, counterarguments, evidence, etc. can be assessed holistically. Once you have done the work of debate mapping, it's very easy to see how one piece of knowledge can completely change the likely veracity and relevance of another piece of knowledge. If we're sincerely truth-seeking, we need to be as maximalist as possible.
Below is an example of just three layers of a debate map unpacked: it contains thousands of deduplicated, relevant points to consider on a nuclear policy issue. We made this by hand, and now we're automating with AI - which I think is going to be necessary if we want to be context maximalists.
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Deliberative Democracy as a Service: Mapping and Making Decisions on AI Issues at the @SocietyLibrary ✍️🗳️🗺️🤖 societylibrary.medium.com/ma…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
🗺️What are the potential societal benefits and risks of aligning human beliefs and behaviors using AI?
▶️ Inspired by @realGeorgeHotz and @AISafetyMemes
▶️ 11 Positions, thousands of points. Remember to vote! 🗳️Here's the link to the maps: societylibrary.org/ai-debate…
(Excuse @JustJamieJoyce looking up at her top screen instead of at the camera! 🙈)
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
➡️After the @Google @Gemini story about it resisting generating images of white people, it begs the question: What should the policies be regarding how AI generates images of people? There are many points of view and we don't shy from the controversy.
>> ➡️See the @SocietyLibrary Debate Map here: societylibrary.org/ai-debate…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
🗺️New AI Map 🗺️ "How far do you think the personalization of AI assistants (like ChatGPT) to align with a user’s tastes and preferences should go?" ▶️ head over to view and vote! 🗳️societylibrary.org/ai-debate…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
✍️This one has some references, too (really, just the beginning). This question was inspired from @OpenAI's Democratic Inputs to AI Governance Challenge.
🗺️New AI Map 🗺️ "How far do you think the personalization of AI assistants (like ChatGPT) to align with a user’s tastes and preferences should go?" ▶️ head over to view and vote! 🗳️societylibrary.org/ai-debate…
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
We @SocietyLibrary have mapped thousands more arguments to add to the @beffjezos <> @NPCollapse debate using AI! Here's a walkthrough of our maps. Link to the interactive website below, feedback is welcome! 🔽
Internet Government ⚖️ retweeted
Want to vote on the strength of arguments in the debate maps we built about the @beffjezos <> @NPCollapse discussion from @MLStreetTalk? Thanks to @KungFuMonica's request, now you can! Click on "agreement" on each node to add your input on an adjustable Likert scale! Thanks again @KungFuMonica, and please keep the requests and feedback coming (especially if you think other voter mechanisms would be preferred)!
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The Society Library was invited to participate in the Congressional Hackathon. Our work will be presented onstage at the U.S. capital today. We couldn't be there in person, but thankfully @thorningmichael from @BPC_Bipartisan is stepping up to present on our behalf. Thank you so, so much!
