Art Impact AI: Observations and Recommendations

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The purpose of this report is to summarize as accurately and respectfully as possible what I heard during the Art Impact AI program, and include strategic recommendations for policy-makers and community leaders. These recommendations were submitted by the author as a member of UNDESA’s Expert Group Meeting on a “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: The role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all“. The report underscores the role of the arts and civil society in digital governance.

The premise of the Art Impact AI was that artists are important drivers of citizen engagement that can inform the social dialogue on AI’s potential as well as its ethical and social implications. Indeed, by reaching out to large and diverse publics, artists, cultural workers and creative agents contribute to informing AI Policies, and thereby facilitate a more inclusive and democratic governance of AI. While some artists are leveraging AI as a creative tool and others are trying to understand the implications of AI, too few are engaging directly with the opportunities and implications of this new technology. The lack of engagement is often due to lack of resources or information.

This is what you will find in the report (access via link above).

1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………. 2
   • Purpose…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
   • Methodology……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
     • During the workshops………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
     • After the workshops………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
     • Summarizing the workshops’ results…………………………………………………………………………….. 7
   • Humility and Gratitude…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
   • Content of this report……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
2. Information about AI………………………………………………………………………. 9
   • Build from the foundations of local culture…………………………………………………………………. 10
   • How can we better understand AI and its social impact?………………………………………………. 12
   • Adapting normative frameworks to AI………………………………………………………………………. 13
   • How we define Digital Literacy is critical…………………………………………………………………… 15
3. Access to AI………………………………………………………………………………… 17
4. Impact on AI………………………………………………………………………………. 20
   • Ethical frameworks are being written and shaping the foundations of AI ………. 21
   • Artists Impact AI’s future……………………………………………………………………………………….. 23
   • The Art Impact Games……………………………………………………………………………………………. 24
   • What the history of regulating new technologies can tell us about our …………………. 25
   • The intersection of AI and IP : consequences for the arts and society……………………………… 26
   • Creatively moving forward……………………………………………………………………………………… 28
5. Conclusion and Recommendations…………………………………………………….. 30

Note 1: Strategic recommendations……………………………………………………….. 31

AI Impact Alliance’s recommendations………………………………………………….. 32

Annotated recommendations………………………………………………………………………………………… 32

Note 2: Impact and Dissemination………………………………………………………… 36

Note 3: About the Author……………………………………………………………………… 36