EPFLFeb 10

AI is making its way into every aspect of our lives, but how ready are we to adopt it, and under what conditions? A report published in French by the EPFL AI Center, in collaboration with the University of Geneva, presents both the perceptions of a sample of French-speaking population of Switzerland and the recommendations of a citizen’s assembly.

https://actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-good-servant-bad-master/

#EPFL #AI #CitizenAssembly

“AI, good servant, bad master”

AI is making its way into every aspect of our lives, but how ready are we to adopt it, and under what conditions? A report published in French by the EPFL AI Center, in collaboration with the University of Geneva, presents both the perceptions of a sample of French-speaking population of Switzerland and the recommendations of a citizen’s assembly.

o lаvrоvskyFeb 10
The 30 page report from a #CitizenAssembly by @AICenter was posted on the homepage this morning, and will be translated soon #amld2026
Show threadFran O'ReillyOct 25
#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly an addendum, in this system there would be a mix of “regular” politicians voted in alongside randomly chosen people with same rights to speak, cast votes, intro legislation. Hence “blended” sortition. You want a specific rep: go vote for one. If none appeal to you: let the law of averages do its job.
Show threadFran O'ReillyOct 25

#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly

If the constituency has 90% turnout for regular candidates and no spoiled votes then there’s little chance for a sortitioned rep for that constituency. No transfers possible to sortitioned apart from untransferable votes.

So people who don’t vote or feel they had no option but to spoil their vote actually get represented fairly. (3/3)

Show threadFran O'ReillyOct 25

#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly

Sortition is the process where we choose at random a representative for our parliament. We pay them well for their time. We might also agree to shortish terms so we get a good selection of people. Say a six month term.

Anyway the key to my proposal is - each election counts the uncast and spoiled votes as virtual votes for a sortition candidate. So in a 5 seater if nobody votes that constituency returns 5 seats whose TDs are chosen randomly. (2/3)

Fran O'ReillyOct 25

In the wake of the #aras25 election and the disturbingly large numbers of spoiled votes, here’s my modest proposal for election reform.

It won’t get any traction of course because turkeys won’t vote for Christmas.

I’m calling it Blended #Sortition

We already know sortition in this country through the #citizenassembly process that was thrown various political hot potatoes over last few years and dealt with them extraordinary well (1/3)

Giulia 🐳Feb 28, 2025

Looking for material (books, videos, etc) on citizen assemblies and sociocracy.

Would anyone on the fediverse be able to recommend something?

#citizenassembly #sociocracy #reading #help

Show threadMartin SchwarzDec 13, 2024
@BertelsmannStiftung Also available in English #CitizenParticipation #PublicDebate #CitizenAssembly #Participation
https://bsky.app/profile/stefan2710.bsky.social/post/3ld6meabnek25
Stefan Roch (@stefan2710.bsky.social)

#CitizenParticipation and #PublicDebate are often treated as separate. In our latest shortcut we demonstrate how our "Forum against Fakes" combined both - through the sequential integration of large scale public consultation into the #citizenassembly model https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/new-democracy/shortcut-archive/shortcut-12-citizen-participation-as-a-public-debate-the-forum-against-fakes-project

Bluesky Social
Transition TogetherNov 13, 2024

Desperate about politics as usual? We know the feeling...

Assemblies are one way that ordinary people are re-imagining how politics could be. In these times, the way we listen to one another, think creatively together and decide on our best next steps is crucial to do better.

Politics as usual deadens our ability to respond and care: new politics brings us together and uses processes that take us beyond polarisation into a deeper understanding of one another and our world.

Join us this evening at 7.30pm to hear more about how this could work where you live - and how the Transition Assembly in February could bring our movement together to re-imagine and re-create the future...

https://events.transitionmovement.org/transition-together/what-is-an-assembly/

#citizenassembly #peoplesassembly #powertothepeople #democracy #transition #transitiontown #local #community

What is an Assembly?

Wed, Nov. 13th, 2024

Stingray's Badger FriendMay 16, 2024

This really resonates with me

#CouncilCulture: How can we really shift the relationship between councils and citizens?
Jon Alexander

A new collaborative innovation project from the New Citizenship Project aimed at breaking the gravitational pull of business-as-usual in local government

https://medium.com/new-citizenship-project/councilculture-how-can-we-really-shift-the-relationship-between-councils-and-citizens-38016b0e4721

#UKPolitics
#ClimateEmergency
#Elections
#Democracy
#CitizenAssembly

#CouncilCulture: How can we really shift the relationship between councils and citizens?

A new collaborative innovation project from the New Citizenship Project aimed at breaking the gravitational pull of business-as-usual in local government As COVID-19 swept through the United Kingdom…

New Citizenship Project