CivTech 10.7 - How can technology help us deliver high-quality, scalable, public participation in decision-making, inspiring trust around ethical data use and sharing, AI, and wider public good activities?

A continuous and systematic public dialogue on uses of public data and AI would help us better understand and act on the public’s expectations, thereby cultivating greater trust, while realising emerging technologies’ benefits for public services. Continuous public dialogues would also let the public’s wishes contribute to evidence-led policy making, in real-time. However, under financial pressures, high-quality participation approaches can be too resource intensive for governments to use more widely. Could technology help deliver high-quality, efficient, and scalable participation in Scottish Government decisions?