AI POLICY
DISCOVERY

Throughout 2023, Google DeepMind worked with various civil society and social impact organisations to co-design and deliver nine roundtables¹ that explored the opportunities and risks presented by the deployment of AI in key sectors. Themes ranged from national security, to disability and the future of work, to education, and more.

Our summary report aims to surface and share the most pertinent questions, insights and perspectives that emerged from these roundtables in the hope that they will serve policymakers’ shaping of AI regulation. It also includes what we learned from the process
and our plans to develop the programme further. We hope that by sharing this report publicly, we can spark continued conversations and catalyse collective action towards inclusive policies that support equitable AI.

In addition to the summary report, we invite you to explore the written reports that resulted from each of the roundtables and to learn more about the organisations we worked with.

1 In addition to those listed here, we contributed to a workshop with Brookings Institute on global governance, and sponsored an exhibition with UAL: Central Saint Martins (CSM) to design an experiential public exhibition imagining AI Futures. See more on both below. The IAS roundtable formed a Working Group, which has met twice to date and produced two outputs, with plans to continue its work.

ORGANISATIONS

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  • “AI needs to help reframe the paradigm, not support it.”

    Royal Society of Arts, AI and the Future of Learning Roundtable Report

  • “We need to shift from thinking, ‘AI is the future,’ to ‘AI will help us get to the future we want.’”

    British Science Association, Untapping the Potential of AI in Science Roundtable Report

  • “The changing landscape necessitates identifying and developing the complementary skills and values essential for effective interaction with AI.”

    Claypool Consulting, Using AI to Improve Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities Roundtable Report

  • “The AI industry has an opportunity to bring individuals from these communities (and those who may have multiple or intersectional identities) together to acknowledge the various aspects and needs of the human experience. By creating a more inclusive design process, AI tools can become more inclusive and resonant for the users they serve.”

    Claypool Consulting, Using AI to Improve Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities Roundtable Report

  • “The use of AI undoubtedly poses an array of complex challenges, but policymakers should not be dissuaded from taking action to address emerging concerns by supposed tensions between innovation and safety, the evolving nature of the fi eld, or the relatively nascent mechanisms for accountability.”

    IAS, Comment of the AI Policy and Governance Working Group on the NTIA AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment

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