Introduction

• The Threat And Opportunity: robots and AI may be a real threat to jobs and/or equality, but in our obsession with them we are in danger of missing out of a once-in-a-century opportunity to use Emerging Tech to revitalize communities from Harlem to Harlan County
• Is Truly Democratizing Emerging Tech a Pipedream?
• The experiences of Cooperative Extension Services and Citizenship Schools show that truly democratizing Emerging Tech is possible – but only if we’re willing to be bold enough to tackle the problem at the scale requires
• Three Strategies, based on the lessons of Extension Services and Citizenship Schools, that can help communities transform Emerging Tech so these communities can shape the destiny

Caveats and Scope

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