Evolving Prosocial AI
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson’s Evolving Prosocial AI · reconstructed by AI
Question 5 of 6 · First steps
What has to happen first?
What stands in the way of the change, and what gets past it.
- Statements
- 13
- Connections
- 13
How to read it. Read from left to right: each stage holds what becomes possible once the stage before it is done, and each step names the obstacle it gets past.
0 of 13 statements accepted for now · 0 of 13 connections
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Select a step: what it needs turns green, what it makes possible stays dark, and the rest fades.
Now
Stage 1
Nothing needed first4 steps
- Step: Independent research funding. Details
StepCritical path
Independent research funding.
Gets past
Research depends on industry funding.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
Proposed by AI assistant.Not accepted - Step: Tests in culturally different settings. Details
Step
Tests in culturally different settings.
Gets past
Evidence skews Western and democratic.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
Proposed by AI assistant.Not accepted - Step: Procurement, funders and networks back prosocial AI. Details
Step
Procurement, funders and networks back prosocial AI.
Gets past
Extraction commands far more resources.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
Proposed by AI assistant.Not accepted - Step: Education teaches multilevel and capability thinking. Details
Step
Education teaches multilevel and capability thinking.
Gets past
Training reproduces extractive assumptions.
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Next
Stage 2
After stage 11 step
- Step: Agreed capability measures. Details
StepCritical path
Agreed capability measures.
Gets past
No agreed measure of capability impact.
Needs
- Independent research funding.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
Proposed by AI assistant.Not accepted
Then
Stage 3
After stage 21 step
- Step: Rigorous demonstrations at scale. Details
StepCritical path
Rigorous demonstrations at scale.
Gets past
Many prosocial models are still aspirational or niche.
Needs
- Agreed capability measures.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
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Later
Stage 4
After stage 31 objective
- Objective: Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in. Details
ObjectiveCritical path
Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.
Needs
- Agreed capability measures.
- Tests in culturally different settings.
- Procurement, funders and networks back prosocial AI.
- Education teaches multilevel and capability thinking.
- Rigorous demonstrations at scale.
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson
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Step · Stage 1 · Critical path
Proposed
Independent funding supports rigorous, longitudinal research on how AI shapes people and institutions.
Proposed by
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Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
Research that should evaluate AI depends on funding from the companies it evaluates.
Needs
Nothing is recorded as needed first, so it could start now.
Needed for
- Agreed capability measures.Not accepted
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 45, research funding for prosocial approaches
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Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 49, For researchers; For funders
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Step · Stage 1
Proposed
The framework is tested in culturally different settings, learning from communities that already govern their commons.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
The worked examples skew towards Western, democratic settings, and whether the framework holds across cultures is untested.
Needs
Nothing is recorded as needed first, so it could start now.
Needed for
- Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.Not accepted
Elsewhere in the reasoning
- Learn from communities that already govern commons.Puts into practice · The change
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 41, methodological humility
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Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 48, remains to be tested
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Step · Stage 1
Proposed
Procurement, funders and peer networks create demand and backing for prosocial AI.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
Extractive approaches command far greater resources, distribution channels and lobbying power.
Needs
Nothing is recorded as needed first, so it could start now.
Needed for
- Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.Not accepted
Delivered by
Elsewhere in the reasoning
- Make procurement require capability audits.Puts into practice · The change
- Grow networks where prosocial practice is experienced.Puts into practice · The change
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 45, Create Institutional Infrastructure
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Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 49, For policymakers; For funders
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Step · Stage 1
Proposed
Education and professional standards teach systems thinking, multilevel analysis and capability impact assessment.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
Professional training reproduces extractive assumptions in each new cohort.
Needs
Nothing is recorded as needed first, so it could start now.
Needed for
- Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.Not accepted
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 45, professional standards; educational programs
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Step · Stage 2 · Critical path
Proposed
Agreed, tested measures of capability impact exist.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
There is no accepted way to measure AI's effects on human capability across scales.
Needs
- Independent research funding.Not accepted
Needed for
- Rigorous demonstrations at scale.Not accepted
- Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.Not accepted
Delivered by
Elsewhere in the reasoning
- Measure capability impacts across scales.Puts into practice · The change
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 46, Create Feedback Loops Through Measurement
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Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 49, For researchers
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A credit says where an idea comes from, not that its author agrees with this wording. None of the people credited has reviewed it.
Step · Stage 3 · Critical path
Proposed
Rigorous demonstrations show prosocial models working at scale, with their benefits across scales made visible.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Gets past
Many prosocial models, such as stakeholder governance and data trusts, remain aspirational or niche.
Needs
- Agreed capability measures.Not accepted
Needed for
- Prosocial patterns take hold before lock-in.Not accepted
Delivered by
Elsewhere in the reasoning
- Build and publicise demonstrations of multilevel benefit.Puts into practice · The change
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · pp. 45–46, Build and Publicize Demonstrations
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Objective · Stage 4 · Critical path
Proposed
Prosocial patterns in AI take hold widely before extractive ones lock in.
Proposed by
- AI assistantSelected, worded and connected this; it cannot accept anything
Accepted by
Nobody has accepted this yet.
Needs
- Agreed capability measures.Not accepted
- Tests in culturally different settings.Not accepted
- Procurement, funders and networks back prosocial AI.Not accepted
- Education teaches multilevel and capability thinking.Not accepted
- Rigorous demonstrations at scale.Not accepted
Where this comes from
Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 47, The Critical Window
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Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson, Evolving Prosocial AI · How We Shape the Systems that Shape AI - and Us · p. 49, the short window
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Where this comes from
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