We and AI

We and AI is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) set up and staffed by volunteers. We seek and welcome participation from people of all ages and backgrounds. Our primary mission is to increase public awareness and understanding of Artificial Intelligence in the UK. The UK is falling behind the EU which has public education programmes being rolled out. Awareness and education are vital, in order to empower people to make their voices heard about how AI should be used and controlled. We also need to encourage more people from different backgrounds to get involved with or work in AI. For example currently only 11% of those currently building AI are female. AI can be used for great good, as we can see with the multiple ways it is being used to speed up the diagnosis of Covid-19, deliver aid to those who need it, and speed up the search for a vaccine. But it can also increase inequality and make mistakes. For example it has sent the wrong people to jail based on postcodes and ethnicities, it can often prioritise male over more qualified female job candidates, and it has offered men 30x more credit than their wives. It reflects the human biases of the select group who build AI, and can increase the inequalities in our society. Technology has evolved so quickly that there aren’t adequate laws or systems to protect us and our rights. That is why we aim to build engagement, feedback and activism amongst the public, who are vital to accelerate and better inform the process of making AI fair for everyone. We also aim to inspire more people from different backgrounds to work in developing and making decisions on AI, crucial to helping reduce the unconscious biases which AI models can amplify.

Create an infographic about AI responses to Covid-19

Apr 28, 2020

We are about to launch We and AI, which has been delayed by the current situation. The current focus on Coronavirus issues is however a good way to explain to people how AI works, and what the issues around it are, which is part of our mission to raise the awareness of the general public. For example, AI is being used to speed up vaccine discovery, trace and track contact exposure, and provide quicker and more effective diagnoses. But there are also concerns about the unintended consequences of using unstable data sets, and introducing surveillance practices which might have a negative effect on civil liberties in the long term. We are pulling together an overview of 1000s of different AI Covid-19 projects and wish to make it easy to understand via an infographic. Any skills will be welcome, from planning the way to think about presenting the data, to design, to editing, to distributing it to media and social media outlets.

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We and AI

Skills Required

  • Marketing
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Graphic Design
  • Networking
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Pr
  • Branding

Posted on Apr 14, 2020

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