Month: June 2019

Trained Trust: A two-way, refereed feedback mechanism for on-demand work

In this post we are going to walk through a proposal for a new mechanism for structuring on-demand work. For those new to this topic let me set the scene before we dive deep. On-demand work is work done by humans paid by the task, like per ride for Uber’s drivers, or per judgement for …

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augmented interface for pulling data out of a spreadsheet

Data Dignity at RadicalxChange

Back in March this year we headed to Detroit for RadicalxChange, a conference with the stated goal of finding positive alternatives to “rising inequality, stagnating economies and increasing threats to liberal democracy from populists of the left and right.” Our contribution was a talk showing four concrete examples of ways people could buy and sell …

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Certified Sustainable: USDA Organic, LEED Platinum, and the future of ethical AI

Recently Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his administration plans to pursue a “data dividend” law in which businesses would be required to make payments to the state or consumers when their data is sold. In an effort to ensue the long term viability and cultural adoption of such a scheme I’m going to explore here …

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