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Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Colombo
As seen in: Medium, WIRED Magazine, Slate, The Indian Express, Flipboard, Foreign Policy Magazine, Towards Data Science, Wired Japan, Groundviews, Perspective Magazine and
Award-winning author, data scientist. Cofounder @teamwatchdog, ex-@LIRNEasia. Amateur-general maker of ephemera. He/him Rep: @StevieFinegan
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グローバルサウスは「機能するGovTech」を実装する──特集「THE WIRED WORLD IN 2026」

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By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
| Wired Japan
グローバルサウス──すなわちアフリカ、南・東南アジア、ラテンアメリカに広がる国々──の政府は、長年にわたってさまざまなテクノロジーの出現とその可能性に注目してきた。だが、必要な社会インフラが決定的に欠落していたため、わたしたちは、安価で才能ある労働力を供給する「優秀な裏方」という地位に甘んじるほか道がなかった。 だが、こうした状況は変わりつつある。そして2026年、世界はその本格的な実装が、瞬く間に拡がっていく様相を目の当たりにすることになるだろう。 この変革の最前線となるのが、政府だ。グローバルサウスの国の多くは、極度に非効率で機能不全の官僚制度を抱えているが、人工知能（AI）が、すぐに大きな効果を発揮するだろう。 例えば、市民のあらゆるな手続きや問い合わせに対応する多言語AIチャットボットが登場し、土地の許認可から福祉手当に至る市民からのあらゆる問い合わせに対し、政府は音声通話やWhatsAppなどを通じて対応するようになる。...
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A City Cast in Concrete, Trapped Under Unbearable Heat

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By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
| Flipboard
Spy camera dropped into sea off Washington coast and left there for more than 100 days. This is why Researchers placed the camera next to a tidal turbine to see how animals interact with the equipment in the water. Some experts are concerned about …
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The Boring Apocalypse

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By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
| Perspective Magazine
In 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in France; even though it had only a handful of inmates at the time, it was a symbol of power and corruption. That iconic moment changed the course of France, and, one would argue, much of civilisation. On 9 July, something very similar happened in Sri Lanka.
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