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It only gets worse for the poor
Read more: It only gets worse for the poorAithorix compares his journey with Stitchwel’s and discovers how unequal the system really is
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“They didn’t push me out. The system did.”
Read more: “They didn’t push me out. The system did.”Last episode had Aithorix reminisce his first time at a passport office in Bureaunia as he waited more than eight hours to collect a passport form. This week, he concludes his memories about the entirety of the passport process and how he felt as he left Bureaunia to go for higher studies.
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“Get the hell out,” says conventional wisdom.
Read more: “Get the hell out,” says conventional wisdom.Today, Aithorix is Chief AI Advisor at Bureaunia. Yet, there was a time, decades ago, when an experience in his country made him feel utterly hopeless. That experience? Having to stand in a passport queue in Bureaunia. A day he remembers vividly, a day where his then young, impressionable mind realized how a state like…
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Is Small AI “real-world” ready?
Read more: Is Small AI “real-world” ready?One morning, Joseph Mwangi almost had a heart attack. His crops were dying. He pulled out his phone and opened CropDoktor, an AI platform built just for farmers to detect plant diseases, and typed his question in his native language.
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Small AI’s Breakthroughs
Read more: Small AI’s BreakthroughsBig AI promises to transform the world. But what world exactly?
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The Myth of Small AI
Read more: The Myth of Small AII found it heartening to see not just one but multiple sessions focused on Small AI at the 2026 WB/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC last week. For years, the AI narrative was dominated by Big AI with mammoth models like GPT or Gemini or Claude or Grok, boasting trillions of parameters and requiring the…
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Built to Pay. Not Built to Fix.
Read more: Built to Pay. Not Built to Fix.Bureaunia’s fraud detection system ran in seconds. Its grievance system in 47 days. This is not a technical gap. It is a governance choice.
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When Your Identity Isn’t Yours
Read more: When Your Identity Isn’t YoursI’m Mariamix, enrolled in the digital G2P system of Bureaunia. I am excited to be a pioneer in my country’s digital transformation of public service delivery. It will make our lives easier, cheaper, and better!
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