Technology for more humane decision making

Meet the the digital characters

Figures and reports with bullet points currently dominate decision-making. Participation projects collect rich insights, but often that input is transformed and reduced to points that are easy to communicate. This is logical, because within a limited time frame, a uniform perspective is practical for civil servants. However, it does not reflect reality. In the process, many nuances, experiences and insights from the rich data collected are lost.

Parai develops digital characters based on a unique combination of Large Language Models (LLMs). These "stemdragers" are grounded, interactive digital characters that use input data to bring opinions from society directly to the table in decision-making processes. They are not real: their photo is AI and their voice is generated, but the needs they represent are real. Policy makers can then ask questions throughout their workflow and the digital characters can participate in their meetings, so that they are not forgotten.

An interactive meeting

In this workshop we will design and decide toghether how we want the digital characters to behave. In a society where each voice is heard, counter-narrative becomes frequent. If different needs are equal, how do we make decisions? And how do we want to be contradicted? Constructively or directly? Proactively or passively? Kindly or purposefully? Together, we will experience it in this meeting.

* This workshop will be fully in Dutch
** Please bring your own laptop :)