The Tech Policy Lab is delighted to be joining the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society, a non-profit organization charged with exploring and developing best practices for AI. The Lab, which aims to position policymakers, broadly defined, to make wiser and more inclusive tech policy, joins a diverse range of voices from academia, industry and non-profit organizations committed to collaboration and open dialogue on the opportunities and rising challenges around AI.
The Lab has worked to advance AI in the public interest since our inception, through conferences, workshops, and research, among other initiatives. In 2015, we organized the fourth annual robotics law and policy conference, WeRobot. And in 2016, we co-organized the Obama White House’s inaugural public workshop on AI, focusing on legal and governance implications of AI. Our research focuses on the policy implications of AI and includes studying AI-connected devices in the home.
We are planning many more research initiatives around AI, including AI-assisted decision-making, AI and cybersecurity, and AI and diversity. We will bring to our AI research our commitment to the inclusion of diverse perspectives in tech policy research and outcomes, including our Diverse Voices method (made available earlier this year through our How-To Guide) which engages diverse panels of “experiential” experts in short, targeted conversations around a technology to improve inclusivity in tech policy outcomes.
The Partnership on AI will be a great network and resource as we undertake this work. We look forward to collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders from industry, academia, and policy around the Partnership on AI’s goals: to develop and share best practices, advance public understanding of AI, create a diverse network of experts around AI, and examine AI’s impact on people and society.
About the Tech Policy Lab
The Tech Policy Lab is a unique, interdisciplinary research unit at the University of Washington. The Lab’s mission is to position policymakers, broadly defined, to make wiser and more inclusive tech policy. Situated within a globally renowned research university, the Tech Policy Lab is committed to advancing artificial intelligence in the public interest through research, analysis, and education and outreach. To learn more about the Lab’s cutting edge research, thought leadership, and education initiatives, go to https://techpolicylab.uw.edu/.
About the Partnership on AI
The Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI) is a not-for-profit organization, founded by Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft. Our goals are to study and formulate best practices on the development, testing, and fielding of AI technologies, advancing the public’s understanding of AI, to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society and identify and foster aspirational efforts in AI for socially beneficial purposes. We actively designed the Partnership on AI to bring together a diverse range of voices from for-profit and non-profit, all of whom share our belief in the tenets and are committed to collaboration and open dialogue on the many opportunities and rising challenges around AI. For the full list of founding members and partners, go to https://www.partnershiponai.org/partners/.