From Ballots to Bots

Engineering productivity

Rachel Lomasky

Chief Data Scientist

May 8, 2025

This week, I'm over at Law & Liberty taking a deep dive into how AI will make many aspects of life—including governance—much easier.

The article is in Law & Liberty, an online magazine published by Liberty Fund, which is committed to a society of free and responsible persons living under the rule of law. You can read it at: https://lawliberty.org/forum/from-ballots-to-bots/

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Rachel Lomasky

Chief Data Scientist

About

Rachel

Rachel Lomasky is the Chief Data Scientist at Flux, where she continuously identifies and operationalizes AI so Flux users can understand their codebases. In addition to a PhD in Computer Science, Rachel applies her 15+ years of professional experience to augment generative AI with classic machine learning. She regularly organizes and speaks at AI conferences internationally - keep up with her at her LinkedIn here.

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