Sebastian

@sleidig
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IT for social impact | #ICT4D, #NGOs, #socialimpact, #education, #india, ...

Co-Founder & Head of Product @ Aam Digital

Aam Digitalhttp://aam-digital.com

"Ehrenamt ist kritische Infrastruktur"

Inspirierende Energie auf dem transform_D Summit #tds26

Fascinating dive into functional "emotions" of #AI models: The model is simulating the "Claude character"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XTefP3Lsc
When AIs act emotional

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Is open source "tech for good" really under pressure? I seem to see rather more dynamic for open source currently with the dependence on and politicization of big tech. Relevant points in this article, although I disagree with quite a few of the arguments: There are successful business models for open source software beyond grant funding!

Nextcloud, Red Hat (billions of revenue), Acquia (of Drupal CMS) 200+M. Admittedly, a high bar to compare ourselves as Aam Digital 😅

https://www.ictworks.org/open-source-software-trap

Open Source Software Trap: Our Fatal Business Model Flaw - ICTworks

The geopolitical landscape has shifted, and we need to shift with it. How can NGOs become more commercially minded fast enough to survive?

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ICTworks has another interesting blog post with two concrete examples of chatbots using ChatGPT-type "generative AI" for tutoring students or coaching patients in healthcare: https://www.ictworks.org/genai-chatbots-health-education-impact/
GenAI Chatbot Solutions for Better Health and Education Impact

When GenAI LLMs are deployed at scale, they will be an incredibly cost-effective means to have healthcare and education social impact

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As always, technology like a chatbot has opportunities and risks - especially in humanitarian contexts. But it's quite impressive how some organisations are able to leverage these tools.
A really nice analysis of lessons learned around chatbots for social good: https://www.ictworks.org/using-chatbots-humanitarian-programs/

I'm wondering: Are bots helping rather to widen the scale or to deepen a project in its engagement?

#ICT4D #tech4good

7 Lessons Learned Using Chatbots in Humanitarian Programs - ICTworks

Exploring existing uses, benefits, trade-offs and challenges of using chatbots in humanitarian programs to engage constituents

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#GovTech in (nicely simulated) action: GovStack has a nice use case simulator now that highlights how a modular approach with their open specs can work: https://simulation.govstack.global/

Although it still feels in a somewhat early stage, I love the initiative of GovStack to condense requirements and best practices for easy re-use. Such Building Blocks - more and more implemented as #opensource #digitialpublicinfrastructure could maybe finally boost digitization of public services :-)

Govstack Simulation - USCT

Looking for the #ICT4D community of change makers and experts of #tech4good 🙂

After some friends have been highlighting how great Twitter as an open expert community used to be, checking out Mastodon now.