1. ASK SIRI:
A GLIMPSE OF TOMORROW’S
TECHNOLOGICAL GOVERNMENT
RACHEL STONE
MORMON TRANSHUMANIST ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2015

2. Pia Mancini– TED 2014
“We are 21st century citizens, doing our best to
interact with 19th century-designed institutions that are
based on the information technology of the 15th
century.”
1) Few make the decisions of the many
2) Steep cost of participation

3. Beth Noveck– TED 2012
“In a Cambrian Era of big data, of social networks, we
have this opportunity to redesign these institutions.
We invest plenty in innovation, in broadband and
science education and research grants, but we invest
far too little in reinventing and redesigning the
institutions that we have.”

5. 2014 UN E-Government Survey

7. A GOV’T-CRAFTED ‘SIRI’
• Personal, automated government assistant
• Streamlined mechanism for engaging one-on-one with
government
• Created equally for public servant and average citizen
• Has access to all publicly-available online government data
• Draws from all levels of federalism: local, state, federal
• Seated in the environment of 5-10 years in the future

8. WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD WE
ASK ‘SIRI’?

9. ‘SIRI’...
What are the new Salt Lake City regulations on self-
driving cars?
Send the clip of the congressional hearing on Net
Neutrality to my email.
What percentage of the state budget is transportation-
oriented? energy-oriented?
What is my projected tax return for this fiscal year?
Renew my vehicle registration one week before its
expiration.
What is the average donation to the Liberty SuperPAC?
What is the President doing today?

10. SIRI, BASED ON MY PERSONAL DATA,
WHAT PROPORTION OF THE CITY’S
ANNUAL BUDGET APPLIES TO MY
CIRCUMSTANCES?

11. Transparency + Personalization

13. SIRI, NOTIFY LOCAL ROAD
MANAGEMENT THAT THERE IS A
FALLEN TREE ON 124TH AND CENTER.

14. Dial #311

16. Constant Crowdsourcing

17. Applying & Visualizing Big Data

18. SIRI, SEND A MESSAGE TO MY
SENATOR’S OFFICE THAT I JUST
POSED AN AMENDMENT TO THE
DRONE REGULATION BILL.

19. Digitally Direct Democracy
“BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE”

24. SIRI, CAST MY VOTE FOR INCUMBENT
MIA LOVE IN THE HOUSE RACE.

26. SIRI, CAST MY VOTE FOR MIA LOVE,
BECAUSE OF HER VOTNG RECORD IN
FAVOR OF ALTERING NATIONAL
CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.

27. SIRI, RANK ALL POVERTY-REDUCING
U.S. POLICY MECHANISMS FROM THE
LAST CENTURY BY PERCENT
REDUCTION AFTER ONE DECADE.

28. SIRI, WEIGH THE ARGUMENTS FOR
AND AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE
GENETIC ENGINEERING IN THE
SUPREME COURT CASE.

29. Bounded Rationality– Herbert Simon
(1958) References human cognitive limitations
in assessing information within the time
constraints associated with decision-making

31. RACHEL STONE
• BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 2016
• POLITICAL SCIENCE + COMPUTER SCIENCE
• THE PEOPLE’S LOBBY- PROVO
• CITIZEN REPORT APP- BYU Open Source Lab
• UTAH VALLEY OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS
• BYU WOMEN IN POLITICS
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