#audrey tang

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Answer the pretender, fifth of December

So having been to a talk by Audrey Tang yesterday (look her up if you never heard about her), I'd like to share some interesting points:

Human-in-the-loop does sound like it could make us end up in a hamster wheel of ever faster turning (or churning) AI. What makes a lot more sense is AI-in-the-human-loop (where the AI is used to facilitate the human processes).

Do not delegate what you cannot delegate. It make as little sense for a robot to go to a gym as it does for AI to replace civic processes among humans, like for example care or government processes.

Prevent digital colonialism and nationalism. They promote polarisation and imprison you. Build bridges (between platforms and people) so we don't imprison ourselves. If necessary, force companies to comply by throtteling their connection (it's not censorship if it just becomes slow).

Find the uncommon ground. People agree on way more than you'd think, so figuring out where they (unexpectedly) agree can help a lot to build solutions that accept the lines of disagreement and still work.

In short:

The singularity may be near, but the plurality is here.

(Audrey Tang if it wasn't already clear)

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What does a functioning democracy look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Could AI even be used to help a democracy flourish? Just in time for election season, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang returns to the podcast to discuss healthy information ecosystems, resilience to cyberattacks, how to “prebunk” deepfakes, and more.

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2023/04/17 English

BGM: Genesis - Turn It On Again

Today I worked late. This morning I got confused seriously. Indeed, it is not rare for me. But this morning I exactly got confused so vent my problems in my server, and they made my friends worry... I even thought I couldn't work more so tried not to work anymore. But finally I went to AEON, and at there I wrote my worries onto my memo pad. Then I felt my confused mind got calm again. I felt friendly comfort in my mind... I can't see why this kind of trial of writing my worries lets my mind calm. It doesn't mean that I could find any solution. But if I watch my pen moving, or my words written onto my memo pad, then I felt my mind was getting fixed. I thought I could find a way. It isn't a right way. What can be a good solution? I could do my work today as usual.

About those worries... I felt that I couldn't have them anymore so sent some LINE messages to my friends. I also sent messages to my friends on MeWe and Discord, and tried to rely on them. But today I have no enough time to think about and write, so I want to think them slowly... my theme would be the discord I am feeling right now, every day. In me, there are many personalities. At workplace, I am treated as a strange person. At private life, I use English to enjoy communication with many friends all over the world (including Japanese friends). And I am also suffered from strong desire, having huge delusion. And the personality who loves reading and thinking... these many personalities are in my mind together. But they are producing a certain discord right now. Is it natural as a human being? I thought about that.

That idea of unifying my personalities were from the book about Audrey Tang, "Empty spaces produce value". In this book, Audrey Tang confesses her past memory about the division of her identity. She shows not thinking the identity seriously. If I speak my identity as "this is me", then it will be execution of "this is not me". Her open mind doesn't get along with that execution. But can I have such a great open mind? I can't allow my dirty mind as "sly" or "daydreaming". But accepting those dirty mind as a part of myself would be a way of growing up I guess. Anyway, I have to read other people's advice about this. I shouldn't hurry anymore because it would destroy me.

Mother's Day is coming. I thought about myself. It came from I read the part Audrey Tang had talked about her mother and her life itself... I must be a really difficult child to bring up, but my parents treat me preciously and steadily. With affection... I thought I should be thankful for it. Ah, once I even believed that my parents were poisonous. What a shame. I am a crystal of their affection. I am supported by affection by various people besides my parents. From real relationship, on Discord, MeWe, and any other network... I feel thankful for that. Ah, why I could predict that autism becomes a hot topic as now? The future is not dark. It might depend from my current activity. What I do will decide my future.

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Semana da Inovação discutirá melhorias no serviço público

Semana da Inovação discutirá melhorias no serviço público

Promovida pela Enap, iniciativa terá a sua oitava edição Com a presença de professores, especialistas nacionais e estrangeiros e da ministra digital de Taiwan, Audrey Tang, a Semana da Inovação 2022, destinada a discutir melhorias no serviço público, está com as inscrições abertas. Em formato híbrido (presencial e online), o encontro será entre 8 a 10 de agosto em Brasília, no Rio de Janeiro e…

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2022/05/02 English

TBH I have been playing a metaverse Cluster since yesterday. But the desktop computer I have is too old so can't play it. So I try to use the Cluster on my smartphone and enjoy chatting in English with the users from Hong Kong or Taiwan. At first, I thought that there was no connection between any metaverse and me because I won't play any games. But I heard that some users use it for learning the languages so I checked it, and I found a world so I decided to start it.

I can remember that once I had read Hideko Ikegami's books "Hyper world" and "The intelligence as autism" and thought about the connection between the autism I have and the virtual world as Second Life. Although I could find nothing interesting so I couldn't be into Second Life, but I might make new friends in this metaverse world if it goes well. But I am already around fifty so I shouldn't play something without thinking about my age, which is old enough so I shouldn't be in young groups. Although I might not have to keep on writing on Discord if I referred my age.

Today was a day off. I went to a clinic and met my doctor about autism, and I got some medicines. After that, I went to Aeon and at the Miraiya bookstore I bought Audrey Tang's book "I will talk about the future everybody has never seen". After reading it, I wanted to read the book "Au" again, which is her autobiography I have read once. She is already very famous in Japan and TBH I am also a fan of her. Of course, I won't adore her blindly, but her books always give me something. This time's reading is also funny.

From her books, I think about what intelligence is. Her soft style of talking and thinking is impressive enough. But she is never wishy-washy, and she always shows clear conclusions and moves actively (this might sound rude but her movements have a 'good cost performance'). It is interesting that she talks about our 'future' and tries to realize it. Although I am a pessimistic person, I always get a certain hope from her books. But I also think that I want to be an independent person and build my life or my future. Does the Cluster become the first step for that building?

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2022/05/02

実を言うと、昨日からClusterというメタバースの世界に入っていろいろ遊んでいる。とはいえ、私が持っているパソコンはすでにスペックがボロいため起動させることができない。なので、スマートフォンでclusterの世界に入ってそこで台湾や香港の人と英語でチャットをして楽しんでいるのだった。メタバースは最初は私とは無塩のものと思っていた。私はゲームをしないからだ。だがclubhouseで語学の学習のために使っている人が居ると聞いて私も調べて、とあるワールドを見つけたことがきっかけで始めたのだった。

思い起こせば、池上英子『ハイパーワールド』『自閉症という知性』という本を読んでそこに書かれているセカンドライフの世界と私自身が持っている発達障害の相性について考えたこともあった。セカンドライフは私にはハマらなかったので長続きしなかったのだけれど、うまくいけばこのメタバースの世界で新しい友だちを作ることもできるかもしれない。とはいえ、私ももうアラフィフ。年甲斐もなく若い人の中に混じって遊ぶのも気が引ける。いや、そういうことを言い出せばDiscord自体自粛しなさいよという話になるのだけれど。

今日は休みだった。発達障害のことで病院に行き先生と会って薬を処方してもらった後、イオンに行き未来屋書店でオードリー・タンの書物『まだ誰も見たことのない「未来」の話をしよう』を買う。そして読んでみて、既読だった彼女の自伝『Au オードリー・タン 天才IT相7つの顔』を読み返したくなった。日本で大人気のオードリー・タンだが、実を言うと私もまた彼女のファンである。むろん彼女を無批判に称賛するつもりもないが、彼女の書物からはいつも学ばされている。今回の読書もまた有意義なものとなった。

彼女の本を読むと、知性とは何だろうと考えさせられる。彼女の物腰の柔らかさ、思考の柔軟さに舌を巻いてしまうのだ。それでいて優柔不断というか煮え切らないところがなく、常にはっきりした結論を下してサクサクと行動するその行動力に（品のいい言い方ではないが、「コスパのいい」）敬意を抱いてしまう。「未来」をポジティブに語り、具体的に提示するところも面白い。私はペシミスティックな人間なのだけれど、彼女の本からは希望をもらっている。だが、私は自律した個人として私なりの人生や未来を築きたいとも思っている。Clusterがその一歩となるだろうか。

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Digital Minister Audrey Tang: Taiwan’s “Genius” and Her Unique Past

Taiwan’s “digital minister,” Audrey Tang (Tang Feng), made the 2019 list of 100 global thinkers published by Foreign Policy magazine. She ha

I’m not sure if somebody’s reading something on this blog. I don’t know if the beginners are reading something about Audrey Tang. Not everyone can be as competitive as Audrey Tang.