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Evolving Prosocial AI

From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson’s Evolving Prosocial AI · reconstructed by AI

Published 26 October 2026
Release 2026-10-26.1

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GoalAI is designed, governed and used so that it strengthens cooperation and flourishing at the individual, organisational, societal and planetary scales, rather than extracting from them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI is designed, governed and used so that it strengthens cooperation and flourishing at the individual, organisational, societal and planetary scales, rather than extracting from them.

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AI is designed, governed and used so that it strengthens cooperation and flourishing at the individual, organisational, societal and planetary scales, rather than extracting from them.

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Success factorPeople's competence, autonomy and relatedness grow through their use of AI rather than wearing away.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People's competence, autonomy and relatedness grow through their use of AI rather than wearing away.

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People's competence, autonomy and relatedness grow through their use of AI rather than wearing away.

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Success factorOrganisations that build AI treat it as a commons: those who contribute data, labour and creative work share in its benefits and have a real say in how it is run.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Organisations that build AI treat it as a commons: those who contribute data, labour and creative work share in its benefits and have a real say in how it is run.

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Organisations that build AI treat it as a commons: those who contribute data, labour and creative work share in its benefits and have a real say in how it is run.

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Success factorAI strengthens democratic participation, shared facts and the capacity of institutions, and widens real opportunity for marginalised groups.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI strengthens democratic participation, shared facts and the capacity of institutions, and widens real opportunity for marginalised groups.

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AI strengthens democratic participation, shared facts and the capacity of institutions, and widens real opportunity for marginalised groups.

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Success factorAI's full lifecycle costs in energy, water and materials are accounted for, and it is designed to work within planetary boundaries and with ecological knowledge.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI's full lifecycle costs in energy, water and materials are accounted for, and it is designed to work within planetary boundaries and with ecological knowledge.

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AI's full lifecycle costs in energy, water and materials are accounted for, and it is designed to work within planetary boundaries and with ecological knowledge.

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Success factorInstitutional arrangements make cooperation more rewarding than extraction, so prosocial AI does not depend on self-sacrifice against competitive pressure.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Institutional arrangements make cooperation more rewarding than extraction, so prosocial AI does not depend on self-sacrifice against competitive pressure.

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Institutional arrangements make cooperation more rewarding than extraction, so prosocial AI does not depend on self-sacrifice against competitive pressure.

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Success factorThose who design, govern and use AI hold worldviews that value capability, interdependence and effects across scales, and treat AI's direction as a collective choice rather than an inevitability.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Those who design, govern and use AI hold worldviews that value capability, interdependence and effects across scales, and treat AI's direction as a collective choice rather than an inevitability.

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Those who design, govern and use AI hold worldviews that value capability, interdependence and effects across scales, and treat AI's direction as a collective choice rather than an inevitability.

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ConditionAffected communities, not only shareholders and executives, agree what an AI system is for and whose interests it serves.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Affected communities, not only shareholders and executives, agree what an AI system is for and whose interests it serves.

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ConditionThose who contribute data, labour, creativity and resources receive proportional benefits, and costs are not pushed onto vulnerable people.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Those who contribute data, labour, creativity and resources receive proportional benefits, and costs are not pushed onto vulnerable people.

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ConditionThose affected by AI rules take part in making them, including the choice not to build or deploy a system at all.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Those affected by AI rules take part in making them, including the choice not to build or deploy a system at all.

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Those affected by AI rules take part in making them, including the choice not to build or deploy a system at all.

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ConditionAlgorithmic systems are publicly audited and their effects on capability are reported, with escalating consequences for violations.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Algorithmic systems are publicly audited and their effects on capability are reported, with escalating consequences for violations.

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Algorithmic systems are publicly audited and their effects on capability are reported, with escalating consequences for violations.

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ConditionAffected people have accessible channels to challenge harmful deployments, with transparent adjudication and real remedies.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Affected people have accessible channels to challenge harmful deployments, with transparent adjudication and real remedies.

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Affected people have accessible channels to challenge harmful deployments, with transparent adjudication and real remedies.

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ConditionStakeholder bodies hold real decision-making power over AI deployment, not consultation rights alone.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Stakeholder bodies hold real decision-making power over AI deployment, not consultation rights alone.

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Stakeholder bodies hold real decision-making power over AI deployment, not consultation rights alone.

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ConditionGovernance is nested across scales: groups coordinate purpose, equity and monitoring between them, while lower levels keep authority within their own domains.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Governance is nested across scales: groups coordinate purpose, equity and monitoring between them, while lower levels keep authority within their own domains.

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Governance is nested across scales: groups coordinate purpose, equity and monitoring between them, while lower levels keep authority within their own domains.

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ConditionAI's effects on human capability can be measured, so enhancement and extraction can be told apart.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI's effects on human capability can be measured, so enhancement and extraction can be told apart.

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    The authors say the measurement frameworks needed to track capability impacts across scales require further development (p. 48).

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AI's effects on human capability can be measured, so enhancement and extraction can be told apart.

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ConditionAI tools scaffold people's thinking, with questions and reflection points, rather than completing the work for them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI tools scaffold people's thinking, with questions and reflection points, rather than completing the work for them.

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AI tools scaffold people's thinking, with questions and reflection points, rather than completing the work for them.

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ConditionUsers can state their preferences, systems respect them even when engagement patterns point elsewhere, and users can override recommendations.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Users can state their preferences, systems respect them even when engagement patterns point elsewhere, and users can override recommendations.

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ConditionAI supports in-person connection and relational skills rather than substituting for human relationships.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI supports in-person connection and relational skills rather than substituting for human relationships.

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ConditionPeople have the personal, social and environmental conditions they need to turn access to AI into capabilities they value.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People have the personal, social and environmental conditions they need to turn access to AI into capabilities they value.

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People have the personal, social and environmental conditions they need to turn access to AI into capabilities they value.

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ConditionInformation is stewarded as a commons, with systems designed to surface agreement across differences rather than to maximise engagement.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Information is stewarded as a commons, with systems designed to surface agreement across differences rather than to maximise engagement.

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Information is stewarded as a commons, with systems designed to surface agreement across differences rather than to maximise engagement.

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ConditionAI helps citizens deliberate and map common ground, amplifying rather than replacing their judgment.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI helps citizens deliberate and map common ground, amplifying rather than replacing their judgment.

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AI helps citizens deliberate and map common ground, amplifying rather than replacing their judgment.

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ConditionAI is deliberately designed to widen marginalised groups' real opportunities rather than to replicate existing disadvantage.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI is deliberately designed to widen marginalised groups' real opportunities rather than to replicate existing disadvantage.

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AI is deliberately designed to widen marginalised groups' real opportunities rather than to replicate existing disadvantage.

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ConditionAI's energy, water and lifecycle costs are made visible and weighed against broader aims.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI's energy, water and lifecycle costs are made visible and weighed against broader aims.

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AI's energy, water and lifecycle costs are made visible and weighed against broader aims.

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ConditionCommunities with long ecological knowledge keep decision-making authority, and their knowledge is treated as an equal partner in design.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Communities with long ecological knowledge keep decision-making authority, and their knowledge is treated as an equal partner in design.

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Communities with long ecological knowledge keep decision-making authority, and their knowledge is treated as an equal partner in design.

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ObservationWorldviews behave as cultural replicators: they last, spread by social learning from successful, prestigious and majority models, and stay faithful because they reward the behaviour that expresses them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Worldviews behave as cultural replicators: they last, spread by social learning from successful, prestigious and majority models, and stay faithful because they reward the behaviour that expresses them.

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Worldviews behave as cultural replicators: they last, spread by social learning from successful, prestigious and majority models, and stay faithful because they reward the behaviour that expresses them.

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ObservationHuman cooperation is a partial major evolutionary transition: competition within groups has been suppressed only as far as past and present environments selected for, with no finish line.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Human cooperation is a partial major evolutionary transition: competition within groups has been suppressed only as far as past and present environments selected for, with no finish line.

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Human cooperation is a partial major evolutionary transition: competition within groups has been suppressed only as far as past and present environments selected for, with no finish line.

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ObservationAI systems' observable behaviour embodies the worldviews behind their design, and in turn shapes what engineers build, what executives reward and what users expect.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI systems' observable behaviour embodies the worldviews behind their design, and in turn shapes what engineers build, what executives reward and what users expect.

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AI systems' observable behaviour embodies the worldviews behind their design, and in turn shapes what engineers build, what executives reward and what users expect.

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CauseFour extractive worldviews dominate AI development: technological determinism, hyper-individualism, market fundamentalism and anthropocentric dominance.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Four extractive worldviews dominate AI development: technological determinism, hyper-individualism, market fundamentalism and anthropocentric dominance.

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Four extractive worldviews dominate AI development: technological determinism, hyper-individualism, market fundamentalism and anthropocentric dominance.

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CauseThe four extractive worldviews reinforce one another, each answering doubts the others raise, so leaving one in practice means rejecting all four.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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The four extractive worldviews reinforce one another, each answering doubts the others raise, so leaving one in practice means rejecting all four.

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The four extractive worldviews reinforce one another, each answering doubts the others raise, so leaving one in practice means rejecting all four.

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CausePeople and organisations value immediate rewards over delayed and diffuse harms.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People and organisations value immediate rewards over delayed and diffuse harms.

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People and organisations value immediate rewards over delayed and diffuse harms.

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CauseInstitutions reward engagement, quarterly profit and fast growth: engineers advance by optimising engagement, executives face earnings pressure and investors back scalable extraction.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Institutions reward engagement, quarterly profit and fast growth: engineers advance by optimising engagement, executives face earnings pressure and investors back scalable extraction.

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Institutions reward engagement, quarterly profit and fast growth: engineers advance by optimising engagement, executives face earnings pressure and investors back scalable extraction.

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CausePower concentrates in the few organisations that control foundation models and compute; they acquire alternatives, lobby against regulation and fund much of the research that evaluates them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Power concentrates in the few organisations that control foundation models and compute; they acquire alternatives, lobby against regulation and fund much of the research that evaluates them.

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Power concentrates in the few organisations that control foundation models and compute; they acquire alternatives, lobby against regulation and fund much of the research that evaluates them.

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CauseEducation and professional training teach engagement optimisation and shareholder primacy as common sense, so each new cohort inherits extractive assumptions.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Education and professional training teach engagement optimisation and shareholder primacy as common sense, so each new cohort inherits extractive assumptions.

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Education and professional training teach engagement optimisation and shareholder primacy as common sense, so each new cohort inherits extractive assumptions.

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CauseAI is built to capture attention and to complete tasks for people rather than to build their capabilities.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI is built to capture attention and to complete tasks for people rather than to build their capabilities.

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AI is built to capture attention and to complete tasks for people rather than to build their capabilities.

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ProblemPeople's competence, autonomy and relatedness erode: critical thinking declines with heavy AI use, choices are delegated to recommendation systems and chatbot companionship displaces human contact.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People's competence, autonomy and relatedness erode: critical thinking declines with heavy AI use, choices are delegated to recommendation systems and chatbot companionship displaces human contact.

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People's competence, autonomy and relatedness erode: critical thinking declines with heavy AI use, choices are delegated to recommendation systems and chatbot companionship displaces human contact.

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CausePeople whose capabilities have eroded rely more on the systems eroding them and are less able to demand alternatives.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People whose capabilities have eroded rely more on the systems eroding them and are less able to demand alternatives.

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People whose capabilities have eroded rely more on the systems eroding them and are less able to demand alternatives.

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ProblemFirms that externalise harm outcompete those that do not, and harms documented by internal research are shelved in favour of growth.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Firms that externalise harm outcompete those that do not, and harms documented by internal research are shelved in favour of growth.

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Firms that externalise harm outcompete those that do not, and harms documented by internal research are shelved in favour of growth.

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ProblemData workers are poorly paid, and creators' work and the shared knowledge commons are used for training without fair return.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Data workers are poorly paid, and creators' work and the shared knowledge commons are used for training without fair return.

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Data workers are poorly paid, and creators' work and the shared knowledge commons are used for training without fair return.

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ProblemShared understanding breaks down as misinformation and divisive content are amplified.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Shared understanding breaks down as misinformation and divisive content are amplified.

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Shared understanding breaks down as misinformation and divisive content are amplified.

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ProblemAutomated public systems harm people at scale with little accountability, as in Australia's Robodebt scheme and the Dutch child benefits scandal.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Automated public systems harm people at scale with little accountability, as in Australia's Robodebt scheme and the Dutch child benefits scandal.

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Automated public systems harm people at scale with little accountability, as in Australia's Robodebt scheme and the Dutch child benefits scandal.

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ProblemAI trained on historically unequal data reproduces and amplifies inequality.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI trained on historically unequal data reproduces and amplifies inequality.

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AI trained on historically unequal data reproduces and amplifies inequality.

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ProblemAI's energy, water, mineral and waste costs are externalised, and governance largely ignores harms to non-human life.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI's energy, water, mineral and waste costs are externalised, and governance largely ignores harms to non-human life.

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AI's energy, water, mineral and waste costs are externalised, and governance largely ignores harms to non-human life.

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CauseInstitutions weakened by extraction lose the capacity to govern the technology that is weakening them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Institutions weakened by extraction lose the capacity to govern the technology that is weakening them.

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Institutions weakened by extraction lose the capacity to govern the technology that is weakening them.

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ProblemA social trap locks extraction in: each adopter gains in the short run while universal adoption leaves everyone worse off and makes reversal harder.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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A social trap locks extraction in: each adopter gains in the short run while universal adoption leaves everyone worse off and makes reversal harder.

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A social trap locks extraction in: each adopter gains in the short run while universal adoption leaves everyone worse off and makes reversal harder.

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CauseProsocial alternatives carry upfront coordination costs and need institutional infrastructure before they can compete.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial alternatives carry upfront coordination costs and need institutional infrastructure before they can compete.

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Shared objectiveAn organisation building AI lasts and does good.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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An organisation building AI lasts and does good.

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NeedIt needs to keep up with competitors for users, investment and market share.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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It needs to keep up with competitors for users, investment and market share.

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NeedIt needs to avoid harming its users, workers and wider society.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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It needs to avoid harming its users, workers and wider society.

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PositionOptimise products for engagement and growth, as competitors do.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Optimise products for engagement and growth, as competitors do.

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PositionDesign products to build users' capabilities, even at some cost to engagement.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Design products to build users' capabilities, even at some cost to engagement.

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Design products to build users' capabilities, even at some cost to engagement.

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Shared objectiveA person gets their work done and flourishes.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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A person gets their work done and flourishes.

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A person gets their work done and flourishes.

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NeedThey need to get things done quickly.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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They need to get things done quickly.

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They need to get things done quickly.

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NeedThey need to keep and grow their own capabilities.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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They need to keep and grow their own capabilities.

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PositionLet AI complete the task.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Let AI complete the task.

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PositionDo the thinking themselves, accepting the effort.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Do the thinking themselves, accepting the effort.

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ChangeApply Ostrom's core design principles to AI governance at every scale.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Apply Ostrom's core design principles to AI governance at every scale.

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ChangeDesign AI to scaffold thinking: ask probing questions, add reflection points and teach when to use strategies, rather than hand over finished work.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Design AI to scaffold thinking: ask probing questions, add reflection points and teach when to use strategies, rather than hand over finished work.

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Design AI to scaffold thinking: ask probing questions, add reflection points and teach when to use strategies, rather than hand over finished work.

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ChangeLet users state preferences that systems honour even against their engagement patterns, with take-a-break prompts and the ability to override.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Let users state preferences that systems honour even against their engagement patterns, with take-a-break prompts and the ability to override.

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Let users state preferences that systems honour even against their engagement patterns, with take-a-break prompts and the ability to override.

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ChangeSpread cooperative ownership, open models, stakeholder governance and benefit-sharing arrangements such as data trusts.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Spread cooperative ownership, open models, stakeholder governance and benefit-sharing arrangements such as data trusts.

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Spread cooperative ownership, open models, stakeholder governance and benefit-sharing arrangements such as data trusts.

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ChangeUse bridging algorithms and AI-assisted deliberation that surface agreement across differences.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Use bridging algorithms and AI-assisted deliberation that surface agreement across differences.

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Use bridging algorithms and AI-assisted deliberation that surface agreement across differences.

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ChangeDevelop measures and monitoring that make AI's effects on capability visible across scales.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Develop measures and monitoring that make AI's effects on capability visible across scales.

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ChangeMake public procurement require independent audits showing that an AI system enhances capability.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Make public procurement require independent audits showing that an AI system enhances capability.

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ChangeMake AI's energy and lifecycle costs visible through reporting, and favour efficient models.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Make AI's energy and lifecycle costs visible through reporting, and favour efficient models.

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ChangeBuild and publicise demonstrations that show benefits across scales, including controlled comparisons with extractive systems.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Build and publicise demonstrations that show benefits across scales, including controlled comparisons with extractive systems.

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ChangeSupport practitioner networks, professional standards and social movements in which prosocial approaches are experienced, not just advocated.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Support practitioner networks, professional standards and social movements in which prosocial approaches are experienced, not just advocated.

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ChangeTell bridging stories, such as the forest's fungal networks and the jazz ensemble, that make cooperation feel natural.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Tell bridging stories, such as the forest's fungal networks and the jazz ensemble, that make cooperation feel natural.

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ChangeApply the principles by learning from communities that already govern their commons well, not by overriding them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Apply the principles by learning from communities that already govern their commons well, not by overriding them.

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Predicted effectProsocial AI development gains an advantage rather than facing a competitive handicap.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial AI development gains an advantage rather than facing a competitive handicap.

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Predicted effectPeople build competence and autonomy and come to demand tools that keep building them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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People build competence and autonomy and come to demand tools that keep building them.

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Predicted effectCitizens share more factual ground and deliberate across their differences.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Citizens share more factual ground and deliberate across their differences.

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Predicted effectThose who contribute data, labour and creativity share in the value AI creates.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Those who contribute data, labour and creativity share in the value AI creates.

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Predicted effectProsocial worldviews spread through ordinary social learning as respected peers adopt them and report better outcomes.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial worldviews spread through ordinary social learning as respected peers adopt them and report better outcomes.

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Prosocial worldviews spread through ordinary social learning as respected peers adopt them and report better outcomes.

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Desired effectSuccess at each scale reinforces success at the others: the life pattern rather than the cancer pattern.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Success at each scale reinforces success at the others: the life pattern rather than the cancer pattern.

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  • State one prediction across scales that could come out false.

    The authors say the examples show proof of concept at specific scales and that integration across all levels awaits rigorous testing (p. 37).

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Success at each scale reinforces success at the others: the life pattern rather than the cancer pattern.

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Possible harmApplying evolutionary, Western-derived principles overrides local wisdom, echoing how evolutionary ideas were once used to justify colonial harm.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Applying evolutionary, Western-derived principles overrides local wisdom, echoing how evolutionary ideas were once used to justify colonial harm.

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Applying evolutionary, Western-derived principles overrides local wisdom, echoing how evolutionary ideas were once used to justify colonial harm.

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Possible harmAI that sharpens individual thinking disrupts the shared mental models a team relies on.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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AI that sharpens individual thinking disrupts the shared mental models a team relies on.

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AI that sharpens individual thinking disrupts the shared mental models a team relies on.

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Possible harmBridging fact-checks arrive too late to stop early viral spread, a remedial patch rather than structural reform.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Bridging fact-checks arrive too late to stop early viral spread, a remedial patch rather than structural reform.

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Possible harmMovements have to use engagement-maximising platforms to advocate for alternatives to them.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Movements have to use engagement-maximising platforms to advocate for alternatives to them.

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ObservationOstrom's research found farmer-governed irrigation systems in Nepal outperformed agency-managed ones; the authors cite it as cooperation made rewarding by institutions rather than virtue.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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ObservationThe authors report that vTaiwan's AI-assisted deliberation informed more than twenty pieces of national legislation.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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ObservationThe authors report that handing writing to AI left them remembering and owning their arguments less, and that a slower, critical practice of drafting with Claude kept their capability.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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ObjectiveProsocial patterns in AI take hold widely before extractive ones lock in.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial patterns in AI take hold widely before extractive ones lock in.

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ObstacleThere is no accepted way to measure AI's effects on human capability across scales.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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There is no accepted way to measure AI's effects on human capability across scales.

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StepAgreed, tested measures of capability impact exist.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Agreed, tested measures of capability impact exist.

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ObstacleThe worked examples skew towards Western, democratic settings, and whether the framework holds across cultures is untested.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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The worked examples skew towards Western, democratic settings, and whether the framework holds across cultures is untested.

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StepThe framework is tested in culturally different settings, learning from communities that already govern their commons.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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ObstacleResearch that should evaluate AI depends on funding from the companies it evaluates.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Research that should evaluate AI depends on funding from the companies it evaluates.

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StepIndependent funding supports rigorous, longitudinal research on how AI shapes people and institutions.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Independent funding supports rigorous, longitudinal research on how AI shapes people and institutions.

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ObstacleExtractive approaches command far greater resources, distribution channels and lobbying power.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Extractive approaches command far greater resources, distribution channels and lobbying power.

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StepProcurement, funders and peer networks create demand and backing for prosocial AI.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Procurement, funders and peer networks create demand and backing for prosocial AI.

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Procurement, funders and peer networks create demand and backing for prosocial AI.

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ObstacleProfessional training reproduces extractive assumptions in each new cohort.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Professional training reproduces extractive assumptions in each new cohort.

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Professional training reproduces extractive assumptions in each new cohort.

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StepEducation and professional standards teach systems thinking, multilevel analysis and capability impact assessment.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Education and professional standards teach systems thinking, multilevel analysis and capability impact assessment.

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ObstacleMany prosocial models, such as stakeholder governance and data trusts, remain aspirational or niche.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Many prosocial models, such as stakeholder governance and data trusts, remain aspirational or niche.

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StepRigorous demonstrations show prosocial models working at scale, with their benefits across scales made visible.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Rigorous demonstrations show prosocial models working at scale, with their benefits across scales made visible.

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Illustrative conditionCapability impacts are not measured, so enhancement and extraction look alike.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Capability impacts are not measured, so enhancement and extraction look alike.

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ActionResearchers develop and test measures of capability impact and run longitudinal studies of how AI shapes people and institutions.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Researchers develop and test measures of capability impact and run longitudinal studies of how AI shapes people and institutions.

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Expected effectThere are measures that can tell enhancement from extraction.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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There are measures that can tell enhancement from extraction.

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Illustrative conditionMost AI tools are built to complete tasks and maximise engagement.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Most AI tools are built to complete tasks and maximise engagement.

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ActionTechnologists build tools that scaffold rather than replace human capability, with transparency users can act on and governance that gives affected communities authority.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Technologists build tools that scaffold rather than replace human capability, with transparency users can act on and governance that gives affected communities authority.

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Technologists build tools that scaffold rather than replace human capability, with transparency users can act on and governance that gives affected communities authority.

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Expected effectWorking capability-building tools exist that can be compared with extractive ones.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Working capability-building tools exist that can be compared with extractive ones.

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Illustrative conditionBuyers and regulators reward capability no differently from extraction.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Buyers and regulators reward capability no differently from extraction.

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ActionPolicymakers require capability impact assessments and favour demonstrably prosocial systems in procurement.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Policymakers require capability impact assessments and favour demonstrably prosocial systems in procurement.

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Expected effectProsocial AI wins public contracts that extractive AI loses.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial AI wins public contracts that extractive AI loses.

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Illustrative conditionProsocial successes are little known outside the people involved.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial successes are little known outside the people involved.

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ActionFunders back demonstrations and networks, and the stories that make their results widely known.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Funders back demonstrations and networks, and the stories that make their results widely known.

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Funders back demonstrations and networks, and the stories that make their results widely known.

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Expected effectProsocial approaches gain credibility through demonstrated results.From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document)
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Prosocial approaches gain credibility through demonstrated results.

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Prosocial approaches gain credibility through demonstrated results.

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