Finally… some news that makes me smile! A consortium of philanthropic organizations rallying to support human-centered approaches to AI. https://humanityai.ai/ Yes. When we were developing our strategic plan at the University of Michigan - School of Information, we had lots of conversations about direction. “Human-centered AI” emerged as a strong central theme. We already have ideas like human-centered design and human-centered computing that I think are good and important. (I got my PhD in HCC!) But they’re relatively small concepts. Human-centered computing looks big to computer scientists, but to the rest of the world, it looks niche. Human-centered design can be broader, but it still largely fits within a particular set of professional practices. Not everyone is a designer. Human-Centered AI includes computing and design and so much more. It’s critical that everyone gets to be in the conversation about AI. Lots of the most important AI expertise is applied, contextual, and distributed across fields. Human-centered AI is an orientation that invites everyone in. Teachers. Lawyers. Doctors. Artists. Athletes. Children. Clergy. Computer Scientists. Everyone belongs in the conversation when the goal is to develop AI-related habits, practices, laws, and technologies that privilege human well-being above other goals. Human well-being above efficiency. Human well-being above profit. Above innovation. Human creativity, empathy, and love above all. A lot of people already get human-centered AI. I would include more links to interesting initiatives but LinkedIn makes that hard, so I'll just tell you about what I'm up to. At UMSI we made HCAI a pillar of our strategic plan. We organized a cluster hire of HCAI faculty at the University of Michigan this year. We launched an HCAI undergraduate minor, and we are hosting an HCAI symposium next week with the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society. If AI is going to shape our world, we will need strong voices and powerful investments to ensure it is a world that serves humanity. It’s wonderful to see so many philanthropies get it too. #HumanityAI | 10 comments on LinkedIn