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And this is where I think we need to be more creative about how AI can be used.

So, for example, I've called for a community in the loop.

Where imagine if you, Ryan, I apologize, where do you live? Yeah,

New York.

New York.

So there's your local neighborhood council.

Yeah.

In theory, has tons of information about new events that are happening, new businesses that got started, things that may be of interest to you.

Let's imagine that there were more streamlined connections between your council, your small businesses, your nonprofits.

and the AI you're using.

Right.

Such that you, Ryan, could turn on, let's just call it community in the loop.

Yeah, yeah.

And you're saying, oh, gosh, you know, I'm tired again, ChatGPT.

Yeah.

Claude, I'm just not feeling too great about things, so on and so forth.

Hey, Ryan, you know, you told me last month that you were really concerned about this new intersection.

Right.

And the traffic signal there.

There's a hearing on this next week.

do you want me to register you to go testify or to go attend? These are the sorts of subtle, small interventions that I don't want this to go into paternalism, but it's an example of just surfacing information in a way that hasn't been happening.

You know, government

information is pretty hard to find a lot of times, right? Exactly.

And

even for new nonprofits, if you are, you know, let's say, Ryan, you care a lot about the Eastside Parkway,

And this is where I think we need to be more creative about how AI can be used.

So, for example, I've called for a community in the loop.

Where imagine if you, Ryan, I apologize, where do you live? Yeah,

New York.

New York.

So there's your local neighborhood council.

Yeah.

In theory, has tons of information about new events that are happening, new businesses that got started, things that may be of interest to you.

Let's imagine that there were more streamlined connections between your council, your small businesses, your nonprofits.

and the AI you're using.

Right.

Such that you, Ryan, could turn on, let's just call it community in the loop.

Yeah, yeah.

And you're saying, oh, gosh, you know, I'm tired again, ChatGPT.

Yeah.

Claude, I'm just not feeling too great about things, so on and so forth.

Hey, Ryan, you know, you told me last month that you were really concerned about this new intersection.

Right.

And the traffic signal there.

There's a hearing on this next week.

do you want me to register you to go testify or to go attend? These are the sorts of subtle, small interventions that I don't want this to go into paternalism, but it's an example of just surfacing information in a way that hasn't been happening.

You know, government

information is pretty hard to find a lot of times, right? Exactly.

And

even for new nonprofits, if you are, you know, let's say, Ryan, you care a lot about the Eastside Parkway,