Artificial Intelligence can prove to be a very helpful resource for local government, especially cities that have cumbersome and unfriendly permitting systems. According to GOVERNING, NYC's small business chatbot was providing unethical and possibly illegal advice and there were no guardrails. Midland, TX, however, succeeded with a low-risk chatbot that included human oversight. Here's the question an administration should ask before using it: "Could you explain your AI system to a non-technical councilmember in five minutes — what it does, how it’s supervised and what happens when it fails? If not, you probably don’t understand it well enough to deploy it."
Today's one-liner: “In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.” T Jefferson
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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Government is corrupt on all levels and that is a fact yet people like you stick up for the corrupt system we have.
ReplyDeleteSo...anarchy is the answer? Being an adult means making choices between options, and sometimes, it means choosing the least bad option.
DeleteTalking about local government New York city people are finding out what they got when they voted for the Marxists they will be taxed to death and the city will be bankrupt in a short time.
ReplyDeleteIn New York City, the voters are now being “serenaded” by multiple, daily Muslim Calls to Prayer piped in by loudspeakers.
DeleteAhaahah, that kool-aid is mighty tasty! Oh no, Mamdani is a communist! Oh no, he's shoving Islam down our throats! No, more like uninformed snowflakes are losing their shit over nothing.
DeleteNORCO council can't figure out Gracedale. They won't even come close to understanding AI.
ReplyDelete10:30 You are the type of person who has made it possible for the corrupt politicians to stay in power we the people deserve much better government and Anarchy may be the answer.
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