We built a real events calendar for Aurora, IL! The beta is live. Open source. Zero tracking. Refreshed twice a day #AuroraIL Event Calendar (beta) open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

Aurora, IL is actually ground zero in the Quantum Prairie. What's up with that?! Wake Up, Aurora open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

Your AI is getting smarter. Your organization isn't. The gap between what AI can do and what you can keep is widening invisibly. The Preservation Problem open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

Everyone's chasing AI leaderboards. The actual edge is somewhere they're not looking. The Intelligence Between open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

Contrarian: The most valuable intelligence in your AI workflow isn't in the AI. It's not in you either. It's in a space current systems are designed to destroy. The Completeness Principle open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

This Thanksgiving, be grateful your family remembers why things matter, not just what was said. Your AI? Not so much. Week 2 of our relational AI discussion explores why dimensional memory beats data retrieval every time. The Completeness Principle open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

Are your AIs making you incredibly efficient at the wrong things? Here's why companies with massive AI innovation plans aren't seeing their bottom lines improve - and what you can do about it in your planning. Your AI is Making You Faster open.substack.com/pub/jimsch…

The people who need to read this don't yet know they're in this field. They are in your kitchen, your friend's house and on every corner of every block. Relational AI is already here, people are already doing it, but you haven't thought about it, yet. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Crypto loses billions to fraud. Aurora, IL wastes IT money on Vegas junkets. Bob's not anti-technology or anti-government—he's just pro-accountability. Neither has earned his trust. Yet. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

What happens when your #AI knows you better than your therapist, why empathy atrophy is now a technical term, and whether we're building humanity's greatest productivity unlock or most sophisticated self-distraction mechanism? jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Grateful for the response to this piece about a series of unfortunate IT expenditures. Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

After two years developing community-centered AI governance frameworks in Aurora, Illinois, we're expanding our scope to serve cities worldwide that are ready to lead in municipal AI adoption. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Google's NoteBookLM created this podcast based on my Substack articles about #municipalAI. It only took minutes. Holy Cow! #AuroraIL notebooklm.google.com/notebo…

Here's a practical perspective on municipal technology planning that proposes three pillars: * People-centered data management * Problem-solving technology investments * Transparent, practical #AI adoption jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Feedback from the City of Aurora IL: no reports of any work being done, completion date now expected to be October, and no community engagement plans: jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Aurora's $136,570 AI Question: Four months ago, Aurora, IL committed $136,570 to consultants for a GenAI plan within 18 weeks. Today, there appear to be no public deliverables, no community engagement, and Council members report receiving no updates. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

I guess you could say Aurora is really putting the "artificial" in Artificial Intelligence... 🎭 #AI #AuroraIL #SmartCities #CivicTech jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

Dear Aurora: Boston called. They'd like to share some common sense. Boston: Building AI tools with communities ✅ Aurora: Writing $186K reports without public input ❌ #AI #SmartCities #MunicipalAI jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…

2024: The Year Cities Learned to Dance with #AI #MunicipalAI #CityInnovation #AIGovernance #SmartCities jimschweizer.substack.com/p/…