The Effects of A.I. in 50 Years

How might AI remake societies in the next 50 years? What can we do now to shape those shared futures?

Let’s prepare for the second and third order effects of AI. Read our latest recommendations.

Aspen Digital

Responsible Innovation

New technologies are being developed and deployed at a fantastic pace, with the potential to change how we work, how we engage with others, and how we experience the world around us. They can unlock new opportunities, and reshape existing industries. 

From artificial intelligence to the distributed web, open source to quantum computing, we bring a curious and constructive approach, and help leaders understand and evaluate the tradeoffs and make sense of a chaotic and emergent field of innovation.

Amplify Public A.I.

Amplify Public A.I.

Bridging government, civil society, and academia to increase the capacity of cross-sector leaders to build a more public AI ecosystem

Community-Aligned A.I. Benchmarks

Community-Aligned A.I. Benchmarks

Reimagining the technical machine learning benchmarks that drive model development to reflect and encode public values

Defining Technologies of our Time

Defining Technologies of our Time

Making it easier for policymakers to draft tech legislation with a collection of legal definitions for emerging tech terms.

Rising Civic A.I. Leaders

Rising Civic A.I. Leaders

A fellowship providing recent tech-to-government civic AI leaders with the knowledge, tools, and support to navigate government processes

Insights and Events

Public AI at the Action Summit

Public AI at the Action Summit

Aspen Digital gathered researchers, advocates, and builders of public AI alongside the Paris AI Action Summit.

Second and Third Order Effects of A.I.

Second and Third Order Effects of A.I.

When imagining the effects of AI, we look ahead several decades, beyond first order impacts, to ensure these tools benefit all of humanity.

Making the Most of the Global Digital Compact

Making the Most of the Global Digital Compact

Following adoption of the Global Digital Compact, I made remarks at an informal stakeholder consultation hosted by the United Nations.

Public A.I. in Canada’s National A.I. Institutes

Public A.I. in Canada’s National A.I. Institutes

Canada’s National AI Institutes are at the forefront of the country’s mission to translate research in AI into commercial applications and grow.

Strategic Reorientation on A.I. Competition with China

Strategic Reorientation on A.I. Competition with China

While the US and UK share some priorities and values, there are significant differences in their approaches to AI competition with China.

A.I. Futures Worth Building

A.I. Futures Worth Building

We help people “flex their hope muscles” by convening diverse networks and creating resources geared toward AI futures worth building.