Artificial Intelligence
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Essays and Scholarship
The AI Power Disparity Index: Toward a Compound Measure of AI Actors’ Power to Shape the AI Ecosystem
A proposal for an AI Power Disparity Index, a composite indicator designed to measure and signal the changing distribution of power in the AI ecosystem
By Rachel M. Kim , Blaine Kuehnert , Seth Lazar , Ranjit Singh & Hoda Heidari -
Essays and Scholarship
AI Agents and Democratic Resilience
How AI agents might affect the realization of democratic values
By Seth Lazar & Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar -
Essays and Scholarship
AI and Democratic Publics
Bringing politics back into debates about AI and democracy
By Henry Farrell & Hahrie Han -
Essays and Scholarship
Can AI Mediation Improve Democratic Deliberation?
Exploring how large language models can enhance democratic participation, improve political equality, and foster meaningful deliberation
By MH Tessler , Georgina Evans , Michiel A. Bakker , Iason Gabriel , Sophie Bridgers , Rishub Jain , Raphael Koster , Verena Rieser , Anca Dragan , Matthew Botvinick & Christopher Summerfield -
Essays and Scholarship
Levels of Autonomy for AI Agents
A framework outlining levels of AI agent autonomy can be used to support the responsible deployment of AI agents
By Kevin Feng , David McDonald & Amy Zhang -
Essays and Scholarship
Towards Interactive Evaluations for Interaction Harms in Human-AI Systems
Proposing a new AI evaluation paradigm that addresses the harms that develop from repeated human-AI interactions
By Lujain Ibrahim , Saffron Huang , Umang Bhatt , Lama Ahmad & Markus Anderljung -
Essays and Scholarship
What Will Remain for People to Do?
The future of labor in a world with increasingly productive AI
By Daniel Susskind -
Deep Dive
Responsible AI Regulation: Supporting Independent Researchers
New paper posits that general-purpose AI needs coordinated flaw reporting
By Nadine Farid Johnson -
Press Statement
Knight Institute and SMU Law Clinic Seek Immediate Release of Records Related to Texas School’s Use of Surveillance Technology
Say surveillance systems in schools undermine students’ privacy and expressive rights, government should release related public records
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Institute Update
Knight Institute Symposium on AI and Democratic Freedoms to Feature Leading Scholars and Technologists
Public event to be held on April 10-11, 2025, at Columbia University and online
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Institute Update
Call for Abstracts: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms
Symposium to be held at Columbia University in November 2024 and April 2025
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Deep Dive
A Safe Harbor for AI Evaluation and Red Teaming
An argument for legal and technical safe harbors for AI safety and trustworthiness research
By Shayne Longpre , Sayash Kapoor , Kevin Klyman , Ashwin Ramaswami , Rishi Bommasani , Arvind Narayanan , Percy Liang & Peter Henderson -
Event
Generative AI, Free Speech, & Public Discourse
A symposium exploring technological and philosophical questions about generative AI’s effect on public discourse
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