Automatically tagging politician when they use their phone on the livestreams

Post by grayhatter » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 3:09 PM UTC

theultdev wrote: post #83

unreal37 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't know if they're doing their job from a photo. Perhaps they're replying to constituents, reading the details of the law they are being asked to vote on, checking with colleagues on the status of votes, etc. You don't know. It's just harassment without facts.

Well they can do that with paper. They should have the details of the law printed out in front of them. Scrolling through on a phone seems very limited. They can write down notes and they can reply to constituents after they vote.

Post by gorlilla » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 3:16 PM UTC

float4 wrote: post #60

tpoacher wrote: post #50

This is beyond silly. You could be using your phone to factcheck something that relates to the ongoing discussion. Or having a side-chat with another member, privately expressing/requesting an opinion to provide context. Or to take quick notes. Or, nowadays, you might even be using an AI to keep a running summary of what the speaker has been rambling about in the last 50 minutes, translated from 'buzzspeak' to 'human…

You call it silly because you could be doing useful stuff on your phone. I'd go one step further and say that even if you're slacking off that's not necessarily a bad thing. Everybody, including politicians, slacks off from time to time. Be it due to stress, awful sleep because the neighbor's dog barked all night, illness, or something else. It's just human and there's little wrong with it as long as you do your job…

Post by Ldorigo » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

bondarchuk wrote: post #35

totetsu wrote: post #18

Living in a country that doesn't speak my first language, I use the dictionary all the time during meetings and presentations. I hate it when people tell me that’s rude.. Okay I'll just sit here and not understand what was said to keep up appearances?

Presumably that specific reason would not apply to high-level politicians in their own country, and if it did they would have a real-time translator.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 3:29 PM UTC

itishappy wrote: post #104

noelrock wrote: post #96

As a former politician, I really don't love this. It's already difficult enough to get people of the capacities that most of us want to see (good, smart, could be employed elsewhere, empathetic) involved in politics as it's so negative and divisive. There are, as other comments highlight, loads of legitimate and reasonable reasons why somebody would be using a phone mid-debate: rebuttal research, communicating with c…

Nobody loves this, and I suspect that's the point. I expect this same tech is about to be rolled out en masse to surveil workers everywhere (if it hasn't already been). I further suspect that by applying this to the people in charge of creating regulations, the artist is trying to drive new regulations.

Post by cinntaile » Thu, Mar 06, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

suddenclarity wrote: post #55

neilv wrote: post #17

This seems to be an art installation, but I see no explanation of what it means. Is there subtext that's obvious to someone from Belgium (e.g., politicians on phones is a known hot issue)? Or is the viewer supposed to interpret? BTW, if the main complaint that you have about your politicians is that they sometimes look at their phones while in meetings, you're doing really well, count your blessings.

> if the main complaint that you have about your politicians is that they sometimes look at their phones It's just a cheap shot to rile up people that don't know better. Actively listening and arguing with opposition in the Parliament have very little to do with actual politics. Swedish newspapers do a similar thing every year when they name and shame the politicians that submitted the fewest bills, making no mention…