A dissolution of shared reality through AI-curated information bubbles. Emergence of "AI feudalism" creating hereditary advantages. Growing gap between theoretical and practical control of AI. We have a problem. #AI #AIEthics #SmartCities #AuroraIL jimschweizer.substack.com/p/the-hidden-d…

Aurora's $40M bond proposal is a time capsule of municipal charm. We’ve used AI to translate it for humans - don’t miss this witty year-end read: #CivicTech #SmartCities #AI #AuroraIL jimschweizer.substack.com/p/fifty-shades…

2024: The Year Cities Learned to Dance with #AI #MunicipalAI #CityInnovation #AIGovernance #SmartCities jimschweizer.substack.com/p/2024-the-yea…

Dear Aurora: Boston called. They'd like to share some common sense. Boston: Building AI tools with communities ✅ Aurora: Writing $186K reports without public input ❌ #AI #SmartCities #MunicipalAI jimschweizer.substack.com/p/dear-aurora-…

I guess you could say Aurora is really putting the "artificial" in Artificial Intelligence... 🎭 #AI #AuroraIL #SmartCities #CivicTech jimschweizer.substack.com/p/dear-aurora-…

Aurora's $136,570 AI Question: Four months ago, Aurora, IL committed $136,570 to consultants for a GenAI plan within 18 weeks. Today, there appear to be no public deliverables, no community engagement, and Council members report receiving no updates. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/four-long-mo…

Feedback from the City of Aurora IL: no reports of any work being done, completion date now expected to be October, and no community engagement plans: jimschweizer.substack.com/p/four-long-mo…

Here's a practical perspective on municipal technology planning that proposes three pillars: * People-centered data management * Problem-solving technology investments * Transparent, practical #AI adoption jimschweizer.substack.com/p/a-blueprint-…

Google's NoteBookLM created this podcast based on my Substack articles about #municipalAI. It only took minutes. Holy Cow! #AuroraIL notebooklm.google.com/notebook/73ed0…

After two years developing community-centered AI governance frameworks in Aurora, Illinois, we're expanding our scope to serve cities worldwide that are ready to lead in municipal AI adoption. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/beyond-local…

Grateful for the response to this piece about a series of unfortunate IT expenditures. Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself jimschweizer.substack.com/p/auroras-revo…

What happens when your #AI knows you better than your therapist, why empathy atrophy is now a technical term, and whether we're building humanity's greatest productivity unlock or most sophisticated self-distraction mechanism? jimschweizer.substack.com/p/the-relation…

Crypto loses billions to fraud. Aurora, IL wastes IT money on Vegas junkets. Bob's not anti-technology or anti-government—he's just pro-accountability. Neither has earned his trust. Yet. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/bobs-thought…

The people who need to read this don't yet know they're in this field. They are in your kitchen, your friend's house and on every corner of every block. Relational AI is already here, people are already doing it, but you haven't thought about it, yet. jimschweizer.substack.com/p/the-architec…

Are your AIs making you incredibly efficient at the wrong things? Here's why companies with massive AI innovation plans aren't seeing their bottom lines improve - and what you can do about it in your planning. Your AI is Making You Faster open.substack.com/pub/jimschweiz…

This Thanksgiving, be grateful your family remembers why things matter, not just what was said. Your AI? Not so much. Week 2 of our relational AI discussion explores why dimensional memory beats data retrieval every time. The Completeness Principle open.substack.com/pub/jimschweiz…

Contrarian: The most valuable intelligence in your AI workflow isn't in the AI. It's not in you either. It's in a space current systems are designed to destroy. The Completeness Principle open.substack.com/pub/jimschweiz…

Everyone's chasing AI leaderboards. The actual edge is somewhere they're not looking. The Intelligence Between open.substack.com/pub/jimschweiz…

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Your AI is getting smarter. Your organization isn't. The gap between what AI can do and what you can keep is widening invisibly. The Preservation Problem open.substack.com/pub/jimschweiz…