Mai-Ling

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Mai-LingJun 4, 2024

The best part of #cfasummit last week may have been seeing old friends, new faces and old colleagues in new contexts (Ie not on zoom!)

@anitaycheng

Mai-LingJun 4, 2024
Show threadAnita Y ChengMay 30, 2024

Mai-Ling says it’s important not only to have techies in government, but experienced public servants also in the tech companies. They’re the ones building the tech that has such huge impact on everyone. #CFASummit

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Mai-LingMar 6, 2023
The Big Con — the case against consultancies https://www.ft.com/content/ae2a6f5a-68e9-43a1-b313-1664c91e0287
The Big Con — the case against consultancies

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldĘĽs leading global business publication

Financial Times
Mai-LingFeb 27, 2023
âť— Important questions about #AI from Ezra Klein: "We are so stuck on asking what the technology can do that we are missing the more important questions: How will it be used? And who will decide https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/opinion/microsoft-bing-sydney-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Opinion | The Imminent Danger of A.I. Is One We’re Not Talking About

We are so stuck on asking what the technology can do that we are missing the more important questions.

The New York Times
Mai-LingFeb 23, 2023
Why you should take a whole-of-society approach to national digital transformation https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/en/why-you-should-take-a-whole-of-society-approach-to-national-digital-transformation
Why you should take a whole-of-society approach to national digital transformation

10 good practices of how countries can accelerate their digital transformation while being intentionally inclusive

Apolitical
Mai-LingFeb 23, 2023
Black Mayors of 4 Biggest U.S. Cities Draw Strength From One Another https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/nyregion/black-mayors.html
Black Mayors of 4 Biggest U.S. Cities Draw Strength From One Another

The mayors of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston have banded together as they confront violent crime, homelessness and other similar challenges.

Mai-LingFeb 23, 2023
Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World’s Languages https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-ai-needs-to-be-able-to-understand-all-the-worlds-languages/
Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World’s Languages

The benefits of mobile technology are not accessible to most of the world’s 700 million illiterate people

Scientific American
Mai-LingFeb 23, 2023

Sage wisdom from Cyd Harrell: "The biggest piece of the design problem in #civictech is not generating new ideas, but figuring out how to implement and pay for them." #facts

Good read:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite.

MIT Technology Review
Mai-LingFeb 13, 2023
Victorias City in Negros Occidental commended for its digital programs https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/09/victorias-city-in-negros-occidental-commended-for-its-digital-programs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victorias-city-in-negros-occidental-commended-for-its-digital-programs
Victorias City in Negros Occidental commended for its digital programs

The Nation's Leading Newspaper

Manila Bulletin
Mai-LingJan 21, 2023

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Baltimore is a center for America's brightest innovations.

We saw the light.

#lightcity #Baltimore #civictech