AI as public infrastructure
- Public AI is built by the public sector: ensuring AI capacity is not limited to Big Tech.
- Public AI is accessible: ensuring AI delivers benefits to all.
- Public AI is accountable: ensuring AI reflects society's values.
- Public AI is being designed and built right now - all around the world.
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- Limited public capacity in AI is stifling our collective capacity to shape the direction of society.
- AI is becoming essential infrastructure, like roads and water pipelines - fitting for the public sector.
- AI systems are growing in power and should reflect society's values, not the values of shareholders.
- Private companies have a head start - without investment in public capacity now, the gap will grow.
The Public AI Network is a coalition working to bring about public AI. Our aims are to:
- Ensure public capacity-building is part of the conversation about AI design, policy, and funding
- Make it easier to build public AI by coordinating research efforts in the ML community
- Support policymakers and technical teams seeking to implement public AI
- White Paper (draft)
- Main Collaborative Working Document, currently the best general overview
- Policy Brief, intended for policymakers
- Seminar Notes & Recordings
- Workshop Paper @ NeurIPS 2023 + poster, intended for ML researchers
- Policy Paper (forthcoming)
Public AI is a public, collaborative effort.
- The main project document is publicly-editable. Add a suggestion!
- We're recruiting!
- To edit this site (e.g. to add an event or document), go to https://github.com/manymodels/public-ai and edit the README.md file.
- For questions about public AI or to get involved, sign up for the newsletter, join the Google Group, or contact us.
- (forthcoming) July 24, 2024: Public AI Meet-up at ICML 2024
- (forthcoming) July 15 - July 21, 2024: AI Palace 2024 at Bueckeburg Palace
- March 13, 2024: Public Visions for AI Workshop at Newspeak House
- January 2 - February 27, 2024: Public AI Seminar
- January 8, 2024: Public & Civic AI Social #3 at Newspeak House
- December 14, 2023: Public AI Dinner Party at NeurIPS 2023
- November 16, 2023: Public & Civic AI Social #2 at Newspeak House
- October 17, 2023: Public & Civic AI Social #1 at Newspeak House
- September 21, 2023: Talk at AI: Ethical Paths Forward hosted by the Internet Archive
- September 14, 2023: Public AI Seminar at NYU's Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
- July 3 - July 10, 2023: AI Palace 2023 at Bueckeburg Palace
To be scheduled: technical meeting at MIT in 2024, governmental meeting at Library of Congress in 2024.
A wide range of people have contributed ideas and time to the coalition to promote and build public AI. We gratefully acknowledge operational support by Metagov, Aspen Digital, Open Future, Public Knowledge, Code for Science and Society, and Chatham House.
The work in this repository is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.