Talk to the City
Talk to the City helps large groups of people coordinate by understanding each other better, faster, and in more depth.
About
An open-source AI tool that distills insights from large-scale public input, while preserving details of individual views. Leaders and policymakers need to understand the people they organize and govern, but traditional methods either sacrifice depth for scale or scale for depth. Talk to the City bridges this gap with an open-source AI platform that turns large-scale conversations into actionable insights while preserving individual perspectives—from local town halls to national policy discussions.
Learn more: About Talk to the City
“Ten years ago, the vTaiwan scope was limited, because stakeholder groups needed to adapt to the technology at the time. Today, this is being bridged with the advent of language models that can adapt to their needs. Back in 2014, it was impossible with the capacity of g0v contributors to interview a mini public of people and aggregate their ideas while preserving the full nuance. But now, with Talk to the City’s help, that cost has been reduced to essentially zero. It’s broad-listening and it can change the nature of this recursive public.”
- Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s 1st Digital Minister and co-author of Plurality.net
Organizations
Membership-based organizations
- Raise topics for deliberaton
- Allow members to participate in shaping the organization
- Streamline decision making processes
Example orgs: Unions, DAOs, Grassroots organizing
Government and policy
- Understand what your public believes and needs
- Increase speed and clarity of decision making
- Decrease cost and time of analyzing large amounts of qualitative data
Example orgs: Public officials, Policy analysts & evaluators
Enterprise
- Make faster, more agile decisions
- Keep a finger on the pulse of your organization
- Empower staff to participate in decision-making
Example orgs: Executives, HR, Analysts
Case studies
How it works
1
Gather
Gather and analyze qualitative data from a group of any size. Process unstructured text, long form responses, and video interviews, or prompt participants over Whatsapp with a custom chatbot.
2
Explore
Explore from core themes within the data all the way down to individual claims and quotes made by each participant.
3
Share
Share your findings and the voices within your communities to inform direction and decision making.