ASK SIRI:A GLIMPSE OF TOMORROW’S

TECHNOLOGICAL GOVERNMENT

RACHEL STONE

MORMON TRANSHUMANIST ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2015

Pia Mancini– TED 2014

“We are 21st century citizens, doing our best to interact with 19th century-designed institutions that are

based on the information technology of the 15th

century.”

1) Few make the decisions of the many

2) Steep cost of participation

Beth Noveck– TED 2012

“In a Cambrian Era of big data, of social networks, we have this opportunity to redesign these institutions.

We invest plenty in innovation, in broadband and science education and research grants, but we invest

far too little in reinventing and redesigning the institutions that we have.”

2014 UN E-Government Survey

A GOV’T-CRAFTED ‘SIRI’

• Personal, automated government assistant

• Streamlined mechanism for engaging one-on-one with government

• Created equally for public servant and average citizen

• Has access to all publicly-available online government data

• Draws from all levels of federalism: local, state, federal

• Seated in the environment of 5-10 years in the future

WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD WE ASK ‘SIRI’?

‘SIRI’... What are the new Salt Lake City regulations on self-driving cars?

Send the clip of the congressional hearing on Net Neutrality to my email.

What percentage of the state budget is transportation-oriented? energy-oriented?

What is my projected tax return for this fiscal year?

Renew my vehicle registration one week before its expiration.

What is the average donation to the Liberty SuperPAC?

What is the President doing today?

SIRI, BASED ON MY PERSONAL DATA, WHAT PROPORTION OF THE CITY’S ANNUAL BUDGET APPLIES TO MY

CIRCUMSTANCES?

Transparency + Personalization

SIRI, NOTIFY LOCAL ROAD MANAGEMENT THAT THERE IS A

FALLEN TREE ON 124TH AND CENTER.

Dial #311

Constant Crowdsourcing

Applying & Visualizing Big Data

SIRI, SEND A MESSAGE TO MY SENATOR’S OFFICE THAT I JUST POSED AN AMENDMENT TO THE

DRONE REGULATION BILL.

Digitally Direct Democracy

“BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE”

SIRI, CAST MY VOTE FOR INCUMBENT MIA LOVE IN THE HOUSE RACE.

SIRI, CAST MY VOTE FOR MIA LOVE, BECAUSE OF HER VOTNG RECORD IN

FAVOR OF ALTERING NATIONAL CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.

SIRI, RANK ALL POVERTY-REDUCING U.S. POLICY MECHANISMS FROM THE

LAST CENTURY BY PERCENT REDUCTION AFTER ONE DECADE.

SIRI, WEIGH THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE GENETIC ENGINEERING IN THE

SUPREME COURT CASE.

Bounded Rationality– Herbert Simon

(1958) References human cognitive limitations in assessing information within the time constraints associated with decision-making

RACHEL STONE• BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 2016

• POLITICAL SCIENCE + COMPUTER SCIENCE

• THE PEOPLE’S LOBBY- PROVO

•CITIZEN REPORT APP- BYU Open Source Lab

•UTAH VALLEY OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS

• BYU WOMEN IN POLITICS

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