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Inside Audrey Tang’s Plan to Align Technology with Democracy
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The process involved many steps (proposal, opinion expression, reflection, and legislation) each harnessing a range of open source software tools, but has become best known for its use of the at-the-time(2015)-novel machine learning based open-source “wikisurvey”/social media tool Polis,
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
collaborate with the public to fund and refine new products and projects. This model of collaboration invites input and support from a broad audience, validating ideas and ensuring they meet the needs and desires of potential users.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy

Polis is a prominent example of what leading ⿻ technologists Aviv Ovadya and Luke Thorburn call "collective response systems" and "bridging systems" and others call "wikisurveys".
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
vTaiwan is constantly experimenting with new deliberation and voting tools, integrating LLMs for summarization.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
the open-source mantra "so fix it!"
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Julius Tarng — Independent Software Creative
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