10 HX Organizations: Tech Augmentation
All Tech Is Human just released HX Report: Aligning Our Tech Future with the Human Experience! Read and download the report here. The report features 45 profile interviews and over 100 organizations focused on making a better tech future, such as the ones found below.
The report highlights six key themes: Product Design, Broken Business Model, Content Moderation, Digital Citizenship, Tech Augmentation, and Tech and Wellbeing. Many of the organizations related to HX (Human Experience) overlap multiple themes.
Here are 10 of these HX-focused organizations related to Tech Augmentation that you should know about:
5Rights Foundation
5Rights Foundation (@5RightsFound) “5Rights Foundation exists to make systemic changes to the digital world that will ensure it caters for children and young people, by design and default. We advocate for enforceable regulation and international agreements that allow children and young people to thrive online. We develop technical standards and protocols with engineers and colleagues around the world to help businesses reshape and redesign their digital services with children and young people in mind. We publish and lead across our four priority areas: Design of Service, Child Online Protection, Children and Young People's Rights, and Data Literacy.” 5rightsfoundation.com
RESOURCES: Key findings and recommendations from Pathways: How digital design puts children at risk
Ada Lovelace Institute
Ada Lovelace Institute (@AdaLovelaceInst) “Through research, policy and practice, we aim to ensure that the transformative power of data and AI is used and harnessed in ways that maximise social wellbeing and put technology at the service of humanity.” Adalovelaceinstitute.org
RESOURCE: Algorithms in social media: realistic routes to regulatory inspection
TAG:Tech & Wellbeing, Product Design, Tech Augmentation
AI4People
AI4People (@Ai4People) “AI4People is a multi-stakeholder forum, bringing together all actors interested in shaping the social impact of new applications of AI. eismd.eu/ai4people/
RESOURCES: AI4People’s Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations; Report on Good AI Governance: 14 Priority Actions, a S.M.A.R.T. Model of Governance, and a Regulatory Toolbox
TAG: Product Design, Tech Augmentation
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (@allen_ai). ”AI2 is a non-profit research institute founded in 2014 with the mission of conducting high-impact AI research and engineering in service of the common good.” Allenai.org
RESOURCE: Research Papers
TAG: Product Design, Tech Augmentation
Better Images of AI
Better Images of AI (@ImagesofAI) “A collaboration between various global academics, artists, diversity advocates, and non-profit organisations. It aims to help create a more representative and realistic visual language for AI systems, themes, applications and impacts. It is now starting to provide free images, guidance and visual inspiration for those communicating on AI technologies. At present, the available downloadable images on photo libraries, search engines, and content platforms are dominated by a limited range of images, for example, those based on science fiction inspired shiny robots, glowing brains and blue backgrounds. These tropes are often used as inspiration even when new artwork is commissioned by media or tech companies.” betterimagesofai.org
RESOURCE: Get Involved
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Product Design, Tech Augmentation
Deepmind
Deepmind (@DeepMind) “We’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.” Deepmind.com
RESOURCE: Research
TAG: Product Design, Tech Augmentation, Digital Citizenship
Future Says
Future Says (@futuresays_) “Future Says_ is a space of reclaiming power for the many. One of the ways you’ll see Future Says_ out and about is through its alliance of playmakers in the tech ecosystem…The playmakers are committed to trying new things, having hard conversations, and working collaboratively in all the spaces where tech, power, and human rights intersect.” FutureSays.org
RESOURCE: Reimagine Tech
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Product Design, Tech Augmentation
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (@IEET) “The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies is a nonprofit think tank which promotes ideas about how technological progress can increase freedom, happiness, and human flourishing in democratic societies. We believe that technological progress can be a catalyst for positive human development so long as we ensure that technologies are safe and equitably distributed.” IEET.org
RESOURCE: Technoprogressive Policies for the 21st Century, Research Programs
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Tech Augmentation
Institute for Human-Centered AI
Institute for Human-Centered AI (@StanfordHAI) “The mission of HAI is to advance AI research, education, policy and practice to improve the human condition. Led by faculty from multiple departments across Stanford, research focuses on developing AI technologies inspired by human intelligence; studying, forecasting and guiding the human and societal impact of AI; and designing and creating AI applications that augment human capabilities. Through the education work of the institute, students and leaders at all stages gain a range of AI fundamentals and perspectives. At the same time, the policy work of HAI fosters regional and national discussions that lead to direct legislative impact.” hai.stanford.edu
RESOURCES: 2021 AI Index Report, Fellowship Program, Grant Programs, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Tech Augmentation, Product Design
Partnership on AI
Partnership on AI (@PartnershipAI) “Partnership on AI (PAI) is a non-profit partnership of academic, civil society, industry, and media organizations creating solutions so that AI advances positive outcomes for people and society. By convening diverse, international stakeholders, we seek to pool collective wisdom to make change. We are not a trade group or advocacy organization.” Partnershiponai.org
RESOURCE: Resource Library
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Product Design, Tech & Augmentation