One system that is centralised can help build capacity and scale, but then too often it falls apart. And things become brittle and fragile.
Brittle or Robust?
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From the Blog on ICT4D
A Digital ‘Stool’
A three legged stool is hard to repair. It is easy to change one leg by itself, but we lose balance, when one is adjusted on its own.
Harmonisation
We often think of harmonisation as the process of becoming the same rather than contributing to something greater than us.
What does it be to be human? (in the digital era)
Artificial Intelligence is part of our lives. If AI enabled ‘things’ can be able to do the tasks humans do, what does it mean to be human?
ChatGPT
In the humanitarian space, ChatGPT can help with shaping proposals and project designs already. So what’s our role?
We’ve Misled People on Consent
We’ve been misled to think consent is meaningful or informed even though we don’t consider power dynamics.
Corruption, Choice, and Pizza?
Just like everyone around our table can choose which pizza to eat, so should people be able to choose which aid they receive.
Is Teaching Transactional?
Often the conversations around AI are narrow. They view an interaction as transactional and solely about the sharing of information.
Be More Human
It wasn’t their fault, they were following the script they were given. But the script did not them to be human.