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
- Organize the movement for public AI
- White Paper{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, currently the best overview
- Main Collaborative Working Document{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, effectively our internal wiki+discussion page
- Seminar Notes & Recordings{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}
- Workshop Paper @ NeurIPS 2023{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} + poster{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, intended for the ML community
Public AI is a public, collaborative effort.
- The main project document{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} is publicly-editable. Add a suggestion!
- For questions about public AI or to get involved, sign up for the newsletter{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, join the Google Group{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, or contact us{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.
- We're recruiting{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}!
- To edit this site (e.g. to add an event or document), go to our GitHub{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.
- Forthcoming events TBA: Brussels and San Francisco.
- August 13-14, 2024: Building a More Public AI Ecosystem{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at the Library of Congress
- July 24, 2024: Public AI Social #4 (+ Fishing Expedition){:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at ICML 2024
- July 15-21, 2024: AI Palace 2024{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Bueckeburg Palace
- March 13, 2024: Public Visions for AI Workshop{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Newspeak House
- January 2 - February 27, 2024: Public AI Seminar{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}
- January 8, 2024: Public & Civic AI Social #3{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Newspeak House
- December 14, 2023: Public AI Dinner Party{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at NeurIPS 2023
- November 16, 2023: Public & Civic AI Social #2{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Newspeak House
- October 17, 2023: Public & Civic AI Social #1{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Newspeak House
- September 21, 2023: Talk at AI: Ethical Paths Forward{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} hosted by the Internet Archive
- September 14, 2023: Public AI Seminar{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at NYU's Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
- July 3-10, 2023: AI Palace 2023{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} at Bueckeburg Palace
A wide range of people{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} have contributed ideas and time to the movement for public AI. We gratefully acknowledge operational support by Metagov{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Aspen Digital{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Open Future{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Public Knowledge{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Code for Science and Society{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, and Chatham House{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.
The work in this repository is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.