Meeting the Moment in Responsible Tech
Plus our new podcast, coming to SF, and upcoming livestreams
So, how are you feeling right now?
Yeah, there is a lot going on. We get it. We feel it. What gives us hope, however, are the thousands of deeply-committed individuals and hundreds of organizations working tirelessly to align our tech future with the public interest. Thank you.
As an organization, we are meeting this moment by leveraging the fact that we have built the relational infrastructure that underpins the Responsible Tech ecosystem. This allows us to weave expertise and insight from the entire Responsible Tech ecosystem, provide a sandbox for solution-building and socialization, and influence key levers of change. Right now, a cohesive ecosystem is crucial.
We hope you can join our May 8th livestream on Meeting the Moment: The Road Ahead for the Responsible Tech Movement. Also, coming up on April 24, we have a livestream around the ethics of companion chatbots. In-person, we have an online safety gathering on April 23 in NYC, a senior-level collaboration with the Finnish Consulate in New York on May 21 on strengthening multistakeholder collaboration in Responsible AI, and a gathering in London on July 16.
🔭All Tech Is Human is also soliciting interest to launch a podcast, along with our summer gathering in San Francisco.
Now, onto the newsletter! 👇
🚵Join our upcoming livestream about the Road Ahead for the Responsible Tech Movement
All Tech Is Human’s Sandra Khalil will be moderating this timely conversation to discuss both the current challenges and ways that we can have a more supportive and conducive ecosystem.
Speakers to be announced in the coming days; join us on LinkedIn, where we frequently post updates and happenings.
💡There is a method to our madness: we have laid the relational infrastructure that underpins the Responsible Tech ecosystem
Let’s be honest: it can be a challenge to translate our impactful work into terms that resonate with a broad audience. Every day, we hear from individuals like Ava, who are deeply impacted by our work. We hear from people at tech companies who are creating change from within, people who find jobs or start new organizations from being part of our community, students and recent grads who are now inspired to be part of the ecosystem. It is all quite heartwarming. Our organization provides a springboard and necessary connective tissue.
At the same time, creating this relational infrastructure that has benefited tens of thousands of individuals is not always as easily quantifiable as, say, an app. Our organization is currently working hard to showcase its value to ensure our long-term viability. Please reach out to us with your ideas.
We’d greatly appreciate a testimonial about the impact that our work has had on you. And for foundations and other funders that allow us to create this network, hold important gatherings, and develop crucial resources, we are currently holding conversations for our Responsible Tech Supporters Network, with supporters to be announced in our next Responsible Tech Guide and at our Responsible Tech Summit in September.
"Philanthropy can play a key role in helping ensure there is physical, digital, and social infrastructure for people to be in relationship with each other as they build their awareness of systems...Cultivating spaces and durable opportunities for people to convene, converse, learn, dance, move, be moved, and discover shared stakes in problems and possibilities – meaningfully builds agency, democratic capacity, and participatory power." -Michelle Shevin and Charley Johnson, “How Philanthropy Can Use the “AI Moment” to Build More Just Futures Today” for Tech Policy Press
👋Don’t worry, San Francisco. We didn’t forget about you.
Our organization is weaving together the ecosystem through our in-person gatherings that occur in NYC, SF, DC, and London. In addition, we have independently organized gatherings leveraging the connectivity we provide in our large Slack (12k members across 106 countries, sign in | apply) that happen throughout the globe.
We are looking forward to putting together a Responsible AI-related gathering for 200+ people in San Francisco this summer. Would you like to be involved?
Would you like someone from All Tech Is Human on your stage or livestream? Reach out!
Members of our team often get asked to speak on stages across the globe, along with frequently being on livestreams and podcasts. Would you like to have founder David Ryan Polgar, Associate Director Sandra Khalil, or Executive Director Rebekah Tweed offer their insight into the evolving Responsible Tech movement, issues around Trust & Safety and Responsible AI, or how to create multistakeholder collaborations? Reach out our way.
David was recently on stage for a Q & A with Bloomberg’s Olivia Carville after a screening of the documentary Can’t Look Away and will be on a May 5th livestream on staying human in a tech-driven world, Sandra is moderating our May 8th livestream on Meeting the Moment: The Road Ahead for Responsible Tech, and Rebekah will be onstage in NYC on May 3rd at Reporting in the Brave New World: AI, Press Freedom and the Media, and at BRIDGE25 on May 5th in Oceanside, CA for The Risks and Rewards of Generative AI.
👀 In Case You Missed It…
All Tech Is Human moves at the speed of tech…here are some recent happenings and projects for you to get involved with.
📆We have a gathering in NYC on April 23 called Safety by Design: Making Impact and Mobilizing Change. Learn more and apply.
🤖On April 24, join our livestream, Companion Chatbots: Innovation, Ethics, and the Evolution of Human-AI Relationships moderated by our Princeton University GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow Rose Guingrich. Featuring Sam Hiner and additional guest TBA.
🤖Our Siegel Research Fellow, Deb Donig, just wrote a piece investigating the value of certificate programs in the ecosystem.
📺Did you miss our livestream on Navigating Layoffs and Career Transitions in Responsible Tech? You can watch the recording here and read the write up here.
🤝Do you care about strengthening multistakeholder collaboration in Responsible AI? We have people flying in from all over for our high-level gathering for 75 Responsible AI leaders on May 21 at the Finnish Consulate in New York. Near capacity, so apply now if interested.
📨We are continuing to send out invitations for our 250-person gathering in London on July 16, with people joining from numerous countries. Apply now… be on the lookout for an additional July 17 gathering.
🗣️We are seeking to interview individuals in tech leadership positions (director level and above) for a Tech Leadership Curriculum we are developing with APCO.
🎊Thank you for helping spread the word about All Tech Is Human! We just surpassed 24k on our newsletter, and our daily updates on LinkedIn continue to spark growth.
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🦜 Looking to chat with others in Responsible Tech after reading our newsletter? Join the conversations happening on our Slack (sign in | apply).
💪 Are you part of a foundation that wants to support our mission? Reach out directly to David Ryan Polgar. If you find our work important, please reach out to ensure All Tech Is Human can continue to build the Responsible Tech community and provide an essential space for knowledge-sharing and solution-making.