Mastodawn

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ Radical #Infrastructure: Imagining the #Internet from the Ground Up

🔗 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36648502

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #technology #administration #PublicPolicy #data #society #politics #ethics #economics #books #bookstodon

Pseudonymous

23h ago

Look who's lobbying to keep their jobs as #AI enters their field.

#TechnologyNews #Lawyers #PublicPolicy #Legislation

https://reason.com/2026/03/04/this-bill-in-new-york-state-would-protect-lawyers-from-ai-competition

This New York bill would protect lawyers from AI competition

If you're a New Yorker in trouble with the law, it might soon be impossible for you to consult your favorite chatbot for legal advice.

Reason.com

Kristin Wilson 1d ago

🤖 The question isn't whether Europe or the UK can become an "AI superpower," but whether they can help build an AI ecosystem that serves the common good.

Mariana Mazzucato naming the pitfalls (digital feudalism, algorithmic rents, brochuremanship, enshittification) of extractive AI.

https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/ai-for-what

#AI #Innovation #PublicPolicy

AI for What? Public value creation versus extractive rents

AI is not a sector - it's a general purpose technology that will continue to shape all sectors. The real question isn't whether or not to regulate AI, but how to actively steer its development toward public value creation over extraction.

Mission Economics by Mariana Mazzucato

European Research Council (ERC 1d ago

Governments keep passing new laws. But are they actually implementing them?

ERC grantee Christoph Knill explores how policies accumulate – and what guides governments when crises demand action.

👉 bit.ly/4loWm1b

#FrontierResearch #PublicPolicy

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https://nitter.net/ERC_Research/status/2029119804251226604#m

Dawid Wiktor 1d ago

Poll about participation of the public in policymaking in the European Union:

Do you think that the public (which means you and other people) has a well enough representation when it comes to policymaking at EU institutions like the European Commission, or the European Parliament?

PS Feel free to express your opinions in the comments.

#poll #policymaking #EU #Europe #Europa #EUpol #society #democracy #PublicPolicy

	Yes, the public is well represented
	No, the public is not represented enough
	I have no opinion

Poll ends at Mar 11 at 10:05am.

The Internet is Crack 2d ago

The Real Price of AI Data Centers

AI infrastructure demands enormous electricity and water — putting pressure on public utilities while companies shift costs to taxpayers.

We speak with Dr. Ben Green about noise, pollution, grid strain, and whether this model is sustainable.

Full episode: https://youtu.be/FftDPKHINuE

#AI #Climate #PublicPolicy #DataCenters #podcast

Q.E.Dan 3d ago

Put noon at around noon and midnight at around midnight. Anything else is civil time fuckery for some muddle of dubious social engineering goals. If you want to work different hours, form a union and negotiate. If you want to save energy, ride a bike more. #DST is bad policy, whatever it's supposed to be for. According to a converging variety of evidence, it is bad public health policy. #bc #DaylightSavingTime #PublicPolicy #CivilTimeFuckery