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Neil Lawrence’s GovCamp write up (Medium, meh).
AI, data, and public services from Jerry Fishenden:
But technology alone can’t solve complex political, social, and economic problems. And that includes AI. Its evangelists conveniently overlook significant problems with accountability and discrimination, the inherent tendency of some AI models to hallucinate and falsify, and an eye-watering environmental impact. And then add into this toxic mix the inaccurate and derivative nature of systems like ChatGPT…
…Along with the need for a less hyperbolic and more scientific approach to AI itself, the current state of government data isn’t exactly ideal for implementing AI given it relies on access to high quality, accurate data and metadata. But the National Audit Office reports that government “data quality is poor” and “a lack of standards across government has led to inconsistent ways of recording the same data.”
“User Centred IT: Why ‘best practice’ isn’t good enough in the domain of IT” (via NeillyNeil).
“Sharing our learning from SDinGov 2023” – some lovely nuggets in here from the service transformation team at Essex County Council.