AI & society
From systems at scale to sustainable societies
Why I am moving from building reliable digital products to asking what reliable, responsible technology should make possible for people and places.
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Notes from an engineer in transition
Designing AI for more sustainable societies.
I'm Asmar Ali: a software engineer exploring responsible AI, public-interest technology, and sustainable mobility. This is a record of the questions, systems, and ideas guiding my work on AI for sustainable societies.
Responsible AISustainable mobilityParticipatory design
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On moving from technical delivery to public-interest technology.
Project reflection
A ride-hailing platform, viewed through the city around it.
I helped engineer a distributed mobility platform built for scale. Now I am examining what platforms like this should optimise for beyond speed: access, accountability, data dignity, and lower-impact urban movement.
Explore the mobility case studyA systems view
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Learning in public.
Mobility & cities
In urban mobility, efficiency is not the same as equity
A ride-hailing system can reduce waiting time while still leaving important questions about access, labour, data, and the city unanswered.
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Why people should help design the AI that affects them
Participatory design is not a consultation at the end of a project. It is a practical way to discover what a system should and should not do.
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A practical question: what does lower-impact AI look like?
Before choosing the largest model or collecting more data, it is worth asking what is necessary, measurable, and proportionate to the problem.
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Building a practice for AI that is useful, equitable, and grounded.
I'm continuing to learn from the people, cities, and systems that make these questions real.
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