If Congress got better at proactively seeking out constituent opinion, it seems like that might lessen the impact of groups that say they speak for or represent certain people or groups. Instead Congress could just go to those people and ask them what they really think.
I'm thinking of the environmental space where I might be a "member" of a group--really I just signed up for their emails or donated once--and that group uses their total membership number as some sort of influence when they say they want X policy passed. Maybe that's not how it actually works.
This entire talk seems self-serving... Give me more money. Don't make me do boring work. Find ways to ignore constituents unless they're they people I want to talk to.
The idea that AI is going to make Congress a better place (for anyone other than those who work there) seems like someone has drunk a lot of Kool-Aid.
Maybe we need a larger Congress. Maybe we need better Congresspeople.
If Congress got better at proactively seeking out constituent opinion, it seems like that might lessen the impact of groups that say they speak for or represent certain people or groups. Instead Congress could just go to those people and ask them what they really think.
I'm thinking of the environmental space where I might be a "member" of a group--really I just signed up for their emails or donated once--and that group uses their total membership number as some sort of influence when they say they want X policy passed. Maybe that's not how it actually works.
This entire talk seems self-serving... Give me more money. Don't make me do boring work. Find ways to ignore constituents unless they're they people I want to talk to.
The idea that AI is going to make Congress a better place (for anyone other than those who work there) seems like someone has drunk a lot of Kool-Aid.
Maybe we need a larger Congress. Maybe we need better Congresspeople.