A small US city experiments with AI to find out what residents want
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Summary
Bowling Green in Kentucky is using artificially intelligent (AI) online polling to determine its 25-year development plan.
Using Google’s Jigsaw AI, residents were invited to submit and vote on ideas regarding the future plans for the city, with 7,890 people participating.
The initiatives that received the most support included increasing the number of local healthcare specialists and tempting more restaurants and grocery stores to the city’s north side.
More contentious ideas included the possibility of approving recreational marijuana and providing more options for private education.
The AI tool analysed opinions and sifted ideas into those receiving 80% agreement, including expanding local opportunities for children and adults with autism.