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Reclaiming the Role of the Builder: Public Interest AI for Technologists
As AI systems rapidly transform society, the question of who they serve becomes increasingly urgent. While commercial AI development accelerates, a parallel movement is taking shape: one that reimagines AI's purpose.
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Human Rights in a Tech-enabled Future: Public Interest AI for Citizens
As AI systems rapidly transform society, the question of who they serve becomes increasingly urgent. While commercial AI development accelerates, a parallel movement is taking shape: one that reimagines AI's purpose.
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Ensuring AI Innovation Benefits Everyone: Public Interest AI for Policymakers
As AI systems rapidly transform society, the question of who they serve becomes increasingly urgent. While commercial AI development accelerates, a parallel movement is taking shape: one that reimagines AI's purpose.
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Catalyzing the Future We Want: Public Interest AI for Funders
As AI systems rapidly transform society, the question of who they serve becomes increasingly urgent. While commercial AI development accelerates, a parallel movement is taking shape: one that reimagines AI's purpose.
Perspectives
Perspectives
The Real AI Race Isn't About Algorithms. It's About Electricity.
Biden's new AI infrastructure order could reshape both technology and climate policy, turning the AI race into a green energy challenge.
Perspectives
Is AI Intelligent? We're Asking the Wrong Question.
Instead of debating AI's intelligence, we should focus on its real-world usefulness.
Futurescapes
Futurescapes
The Right to Say No: Establishing Freedom from Automation in the Age of AI
In a world racing toward artificial intelligence supremacy, a peculiar debate has emerged: Should advanced AI systems have rights?
Futurescapes
The Case for Advanced Market Commitments for AI Training Data: How Guaranteed Markets Could Democratize AI
Why do some innovations never materialise despite their potential value? We believe this could be the solution.
Notes from the field
Notes from the field
AI and the Future of Work: Bridging the Global Divide
The Global South remains primarily a consumer of AI innovation rather than its creator. How can this opportunity crisis be averted?
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