“Although we already have certain control on…those traditional IT contacts, like dealing with those legislations, accessibility, PCI, privacy, and consent, there is no policy on how we do AI.”
– Municipal government respondent #CUPUM2023
“If you know the [AI/ML] technique you should know when it fails & why it fails & really be able to explain that to people whereas if a product just starts to give you weird answers it is gonna be a lot harder to say why.” Municipal government respondent on maintenance #CUPUM2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption in Canadian Municipalities: In-house Development versus Outsourcing, by Sichen Wan & @re_sieber
Important paper on the choices local governments make developing AI, and emerging issues like maintenance and regulation. https://t.co/V7XNJ2Wtov
Just finished presenting analysis comparing the usage patterns of #bixi#ebike riders to non-ebikers at the #CUPUM2023 conference. Huge thanks to the @platialanalysis students! Short paper here: https://t.co/KEz2cYJw3K
“Although we already have certain control on…those traditional IT contacts, like dealing with those legislations, accessibility, PCI, privacy, and consent, there is no policy on how we do AI.”
– Municipal government respondent #CUPUM2023
“AI is pushed in Canada to be a part of the economy. The problem is when people in charge think it's cool, it's really hard to get them not to. It's still the shiny thing.” @biancawylie#CUPUM2023
WeGovNow pilot for @SanDonaOfficial is already up and running https://t.co/gezJ2i54FW and it can already be used by the local residents.
Instituto Alberti's students are involved in a project to inform about accessibility using Community Maps https://t.co/qkiAenfrSo @WeGovNowEU