Bowling Green, Kentucky, is launching an innovative AI-powered civic engagement project called "What Could BG Be?" to involve residents in shaping the city's future amid anticipated growth. With the population expected to double in 25 years due to the nearby growth of Nashville, local officials seek community input via public surveys. The insights will be synthesized by Google's Jigsaw with the help of Polis, aiming to chart actionable pathways forward. The open consultation prioritizes transparency, ensuring public comments and voting results are accessible.
"Bowling Green is going through this incredible transformation. They're doubling in size over the next 20 years. It sounds fantastic on the surface, but there's a mixed bag of emotions about whether that's going to be good or not."
"The data will be parsed by Jigsaw's Sensemaking tools, which utilize large language models to make sense of large-scale online conversations. The publishing of the comments is very important so that people can check it."
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