An open conversation about disclosing the use of AI: How do we do it and what are the consequences?

Join the MERL Tech Initiative on October 5, at 12pm ET / 9am PT for a discussion on the various sides of the AI disclosure debate. The conversation will be focused on the place and the value of disclosing AI use for those who choose to use it. MTI hope sto explore questions such as:

• What are some of the reasons for accepting or rejecting disclosure? What are the nuances or variations on positions about disclosure? Will AI disclosure make people reluctant or ashamed of using AI? Or might AI disclosure function as a tool for transparency and trust-building, and a way to explore how professionals in the sector are using it, and where AI is really working, and where it isn’t?
• What are some positive, unintended benefits of more radical AI disclosure in our sector?
• What are some manageable ways to handle disclosure, both in day-to-day AI use and in more formal MERL work? How might it help us to achieve meaningful transparency, accountability, and trust both internally in our organizations and in the wider professional field of MERL?

Speakers include:

• Tiago Peixoto is a political scientist with over 20 years of hands-on experience in public sector performance, digital government, participatory democracy, and civic tech. He has written about how, in his perspective, AI disclosure norms may carry a price for users, reproducing unbalanced power dynamics regarding what is seen as trusted, high-quality work.
• Georgia Iacovou is a writer and creative storyteller who has produced research and written work for The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Society, Careful Industries, AWO, Defend Digital Me, Turn2Us, and others. She is also an award-nominated podcast producer with nearly a decade of experience running content calendars and engaging in strategic comms for mission-driven orgs. Clients include The Maybe, Mozilla, The AI Now Institute, and Real ML. She explores the politics of technology in her newsletter “Horrific/Terrific”.
• Kelly Church has 15 years of experience at the intersection of technology transformation and governance, and organizational change. As a Core Collaborator at MTI, she recently led a participatory process to develop our AI Use and Governance Policy, which, among other things, frames the disclosure of AI use in our work as a necessary practice.

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