“I want to offer another vision of human compatibility in AI: one that embraces a thick and demanding world of human capacity, social complexity, and local politics in place of the thin, pliable, universalizing world of individual preferences.” Jacob G. Foster; From Thin to Thick: Toward a Politics of Human-Compatible AI. Public Culture 1 September 2023; 35 (3 (101)): 417–430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-10742593 The distinction between “thick” and “thin” modes of involving communities around (data and) AI is useful. “Thin” involvement skims off surface-level instincts and data from frictionless transactions, while “thick” involvement demands thoughtful, complex, nuanced and stretching engagement. In reality we need both.

On Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 2pm we will hold the fourteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

On Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 2pm we will hold the fourteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

On Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 2pm we will hold the thirteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

We’ve been creating a small toolkit to help schools, colleges and informal education settings to discuss Generative AI in Education. This blog post reflects on elements of the development process.

We’ve been creating a small toolkit to help schools, colleges and informal education settings to discuss Generative AI in Education. This blog post reflects on elements of the development process.

On Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 2pm we will hold the thirteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

On Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 2pm we will hold the thirteenth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.