Social Risk Toolkit with 8 thematic modules
General Overview & Rationale
The toolkit consists of 8 individual modules covering different cultural or social aspects of AI and big data in democratic society. An initial version to inform internal project developments is delivered in early 2024, and a final version for public use will be released by the end of KT4D.
Stakeholder Groups:
Members involved in the development process
Stakeholders & Testing
The initial and final results will be enhanced through interactions with the project’s four use case cohorts, representing policymakers, software developers and citizens in different national cultural contexts.
Useful Resources
This KER will be used by policymakers, researchers, software developers, civil society actors and citizens to understand contemporary techno-cultural issues from a more holistically informed perspective. It will be a starting point for seeing contemporary problems in a new light, creating socially beneficial innovation pathways, and bringing deeper knowledge of human interaction into human-centred design processes.
Why is it important?
Pathways to address the problems of AI, big data and democracy are generally approached from a perspective bringing together the technological and industrial possibilities with limitations suggested by social sciences such as sociology, policy or psychology. While these perspectives are very important, they can miss out important cultural dimensions, such as beliefs, languages, norms, creativity, history and the collective sense of self. This toolkit will create a novel and comprehensive tool to address this gap.