Discussion paper - Going public - Exploring public participation in commercial AI labs

Our 2023 evidence review, ‘What do the public think about AI?’, synthesises public attitudes toward AI from a range of studies, and finds that the public want to have a meaningful say in decisions related to data and AI and explores the value of different methods of engagement.22 Finally, our Participatory 20 Groves L and others, ‘Going Public: The Role of Public Participation Approaches in Commer. [...] Public participation Going public 14 in focus: theory and application Public participation in focus: theory and application Public participation has a long history of use in democratic institutions and public policymaking, particularly for areas like healthcare24 and the environment.25 It also has a strong tradition in the history of design.26 Existing literature demonstrates there may be a variet. [...] Public participation Going public 15 in focus: theory and application Frameworks for public participation One of the domains where public participation has been used is in public policymaking as a way to engage people in the creation of new laws and regulations. [...] Public participation Going public 16 in focus: theory and application A more modern interpretation of Arnstein’s Ladder comes from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), who offer five forms of public participation in decision-making: ‘inform’, ‘consult’, ‘involve’, ‘collaborate’ and ‘empower’.33 The IAP2 spectrum matches the mode of participation to the goal of participati. [...] Because of the ability for these models to give way to an extremely high number of different applications and be used in a wide variety of contexts, they could have numerous and wide-ranging potential impacts on people and society, many of which may be difficult to predict ahead of deployment.107 The scale, ubiquity and increasing popularity of foundation models with members of the public (ChatGPT.