SORA Spring Webinar: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Panel Discussion

Join SORA and a panel of experts for a discussion on AI, its uses in state government, and the restrictions and policies coming down the pike.

Panelists include:

• Joe Cheng is the Chief Technology Officer and first employee at Posit, PBC (formerly known as RStudio), where he helped create the RStudio IDE and Shiny web framework, along with countless complementary tools and packages.
• Hector Dominguez Aguirre (he/him) is the Privacy and AI Coordinator at the City of Portland and part of the Smart City PDX program. His work includes implementing open data strategies, technology impact assessments, helping agencies implement privacy and information protection practices, policy development, and designing surveillance technologies strategies and procedures.
• Justus Eaglesmith (he/him) is a board member of the State of Oregon’s AI Advisory Council, where he helps shape AI policy and safe implementation strategies.
• Gabrielle Guedon (she/her) is the Executive Director of the Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition (OSAC) where she has worked for the last 8 years. She is a powerful advocate for people with disabilities in her local community and across the state. She is also known nationally for her work as a leader in the self-advocacy movement.

Additional Links/Resources:

State of Oregon

• Oregon’s AI Advisory Council:  https://www.oregon.gov/eis/Pages/ai-advisory-council.aspx
• Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition: https://www.askosac.org/
• Smart City PDX: Smart City PDX | Portland.gov
• DAS-EIS Info Security Training: DAS-EIS info security training
• O’Reilly AI Academy: https://slo.oregon.gov/friendly.php?s=oreilly

Public records info links 

• Training A general training on basic public records issues for use by public employees and the general public while the Advocate is unable to provide in-person trainings
• https://www.oregon.gov/pra/Documents/Oregon-Public-Records-101.pdf
• https://www.oregon.gov/pra/Documents/Open-Oregon-Public-Records-Guide-2019.pdf
• DAS – CHRO – Public Records
• https://oregon.staterecords.org/foia
• https://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/public-records/attorney-generals-public-records-and-meetings-manual/i-public-records/

Posit

• About: https://posit.co/about/
• Posit Team: The Open-Source Data Science Platform
• Shiny Assistant: https://gallery.shinyapps.io/assistant/#
• Querychat: https://github.com/posit-dev/querychat

General

• Anthropic Documentation: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/overview
• Center for Humane Technology: Center for Humane Technology
• ASCE AI Tools: Powerful combo of AI tools transforms how engineers handle complex info | ASCE
• One Useful Thing: One Useful Thing | Ethan Mollick | Substack
• Blood in the Machine: Blood in the Machine | Brian Merchant | Substack
• AI Usage Guide: 15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to – by Ethan Mollick