Dear all,

Over the past year, NoC members have held a number of convenings with a central theme of AI and inclusion. In order to understand AI’s social impact, however, it’s necessary to have quantitative measures to understand AI’s impact, which are only beginning to be developed. Among the metrics that exist, emphasis is often on market impact as opposed to social impact. In response, we’re exploring global approaches to developing a broader set of metrics, measures, and baselines encompassing both market and social impacts.

On behalf of the NoC, the Berkman Klein Center, and DigiChina--a project of the New America Foundation and contributor to the Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative--we are excited to invite you to an NoC learning call on February 15 at 9:30 am EST. This call, led by Berkman Klein, will cover ongoing efforts among the NoC and connected projects such as DigiChina, to better understand China’s digital developments and methods of creating globally relevant social AI impact metrics.

This call will begin with an overview of DigiChina’s translational and analytical efforts on mapping the context of what ambitions we might want to measure with respect to AI in China. We will then have an open group discussion on related efforts and ideas for creating sound AI metrics, and how those can help promote beneficial AI. This learning call will be the first in a series on AI and inclusion, geared towards providing a platform for NoC members to share how they’re centering inclusive AI, and where there are gaps and overlaps.

Please RSVP on behalf of yourself or other organization representatives with any comments or questions by emailing Jenna Sherman at jsherman@cyber.harvard.edu by February 11. More specific details about the call, including the dial-in details, an agenda overview, background materials, and the list of attendees, will be shared once we have received your confirmation. Finally, please note that given the number of time zones that we're aiming to organize across, the time of the call is subject to change, so please feel free to RSVP if you're interested and kindly let me know if the slotted time doesn't work for you.

Many thanks and we very much hope to connect with you virtually on February 15!

Best,

Jenna Sherman (on behalf of the organizers)

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