‘Platform Democracy’—a very different way to govern big tech
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Facebook is trying ~ it. Google and others should too. There are better ways to make decisions that impact everyone.
Update: Since this has come up a few times: Yes, the following also applies to AI companies and organizations that have thorny questions such as “What guardrails do we need in place to release an AI model?, “What values should the system be aligned to?”, and “How should we tradeoff openness vs. safety in AI model development and release?" Making this happen around AI is my primary focus right now (and was always an ultimate aim—see Governance of AI, with AI, through deliberative democracy for more on this). I should also re-emphasize that this is not a ‘tell-all account’; I received…
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