Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge for Global Governance: Nine essays on achieving responsible AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating novel challenges for governance. Technical advances and widening use of AI have increased concerns about the risks of such technology, while also underscoring its transformational potential. This collection of nine essays explores pathways towards responsible AI, and proposes both broad principles and specific ideas for future-proof AI governance. Contents: A ‘CERN for AI’ – what might an international AI research organization address? by Elliot Jones; A ‘CERN for AI’ – what might an international AI research organization address? by Thomas Schneider; Community-based AI by Kathleen Siminyu; Open source and the democratization of AI by Alek Tarkowski; Resisting colonialism – why AI systems must embed the values of the historically oppressed by Arthur Gwagwa; The UK needs a ‘British AI Corporation’, modelled on the BBC by Brandon Jackson; An ethics framework for the AI-generated future by Micaela Mantegna; Common goals and cooperation – towards multi-stakeholderism in AI by Mira Lane and Stacey King.