Oxfam speaker at #summitofthefuture AI governance side event calls back to Amandeep Singh Gill's opening comments today that "Well managed commons are the foundation of human development" - to highlight that, what counts as #commons is a political question... going on to argue that we need to […]

Microsoft #summitofthefuture speaker in AI governance side event: "You need electricity, connectivity to get benefits of AI"... but this framing is flawed.

When data & machine-learning models set policy, shape infrastructure, change jobs etc. AI impacts even 'non-users' - for good & bad.

We […]

In #ourcommonfuture side event on "The Power of the Commons: Digital Public Goods for a More Secure, Inclusive and Resilient World".

Struck by how the most powerful examples given are not vast 'common pools' of data, but richly textured local information […]

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Hearing Missions Publique & Jim Fishkin present proposals for model of deliberative polling & distributed dialogue on AI.

Reminded me to look back at "Nine considerations for effective global deliberation on AI": https://connectedbydata.org/blog/2023/04/05/ai-deliberation

I think they remain […]

Crunchy and challenging discussion at this morning's Tech Salon sharing our new @ConnectedByData report and hearing hopes and fears for global public deliberation on AI.

Write-up coming soon.

Good to enjoy some lunch & new York sunshine with our moderator and […]

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Looking forward to heading to New York in a few weeks to join Summit of the Future action days & other activities.

Plus, on the 20th Sept, excited to be contributing to this special TechSalon NYC on "How Can Global Public Deliberation Shape AI?" with our upcoming paper on 'Options for a Global […]