Yeah, @PotjiePig@lemmy.world raised some good points about potential problems. But it's no impossible in theory. Like you say, I'd love to see something from the FOSS world that could take on Amazon. Amazon is a bully and a design thief.

Awesome!

Sorry for the delay, my wife gave birth and it's been a busy few weeks. These are all great questions/points. Thank you for such a great reply!

Yeah, it's not about automating the decision making, but making the tools available for when the will is present.

Thanks, that's a great response. I think I'll try the Reader to start and then see where I feel pulled next based on that. Your breakdown is very helpful.

Yeah, I was thinking tools for a more local level that enable collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tracking (rather than allocating) resource use. For higher-level coordination, something that could flag emerging conflicts over resources would be useful to spot problems on the horizon and then enable groups to work things out rather than impose a solution.

I worked on a project earlier this year to build an AI system that would share knowledge about performance and best practices to match communities up with solutions to their problems, as well as modules to help them implement, manage, and track them, all of which could then be fed back into the system. Enterprise tools for grassroots groups, so to speak. Unfortunately, it didn't get off the ground.