The International Forum for Democratic Studies hosts a virtual event launching the new report “Setting Democratic Ground Rules for AI: Civil Society Strategies” (above). The Forum’s Beth Kerley shares key findings from its latest report. Natalia Carfi, of Open Data Charter, and Eduardo Carrillo of TEDIC, provide comments and share further insights on opportunities for promoting democratic approaches to AI. The discussion is moderated by Ryan Heath of Axios.
Fortunately, a roadmap for democratisation is emerging through the work of the Collective Intelligence Project, of which Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs is a part, along with industry players such as OpenAI and Anthropic, Audrey Tang writes for ASPI:
Together, we launched Alignment Assemblies to determine how societal input can shape the development of AI development in a way that better reflects the cherished shared values of the democratic world. Already, the project has partnered with Anthropic to train an AI large-language model on written principles—similar to a constitution—that were collectively designed by the people and mirrors more fully common expectations and hopes for the technology.
AI should be run not by big tech, but through an inclusive, democratic model, #AudreyTang writes for @aspi_org https://t.co/G6SYDd9xJb
— Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 24, 2023
