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A.I. Futures Worth Building

A 2024 Retrospective from Our Emerging Tech Team

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January 28, 2025
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As we begin a new year, Aspen Digital’s Emerging Tech Team put together the following retrospective on our work from 2024 and our plans for 2025.

Looking Ahead to 2025

In 2025, the Emerging Tech Team will be focusing on AI futures worth building. We help people “flex their hope muscles” by convening diverse networks and creating resources that make it easier to make technology work for ALL of us.

2024 highlights

We produced a wide range of published work, including:

We also ran eight events:

DWeb Camp AI Track | Navarro, CA
A program of the decentralized tech conference hosted by the Internet Archive, where B co-chaired the AI track, sourcing speakers and facilitating sessions.

Grand Strategy in the Age of AI | Washington, DC & London, UK
A collaboration with Chatham House to reimagine what it means for the US and UK to compete with China on AI, focusing on democratic values and domestic policy levers. 

AI & Philanthropy Meeting | New York, NY
A Ford Foundation meeting of philanthropy presidents to discuss how their foundations should approach AI.

AI x DEI CDO Roundtable | Online
A closed-door discussion about DEI strategy and AI with Chief Diversity Officers of leading tech companies.

Salon Dinner on the Future of AI Infrastructure | San Francisco, CA
A collaboration with Benevolent AI Future to talk about how the private sector can support public AI.

gratitude

We’re especially grateful to Siegel Family Endowment, the Center for Responsible Innovation, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ford Foundation for their generous support of our work.

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