What Is The Democratization Of AI?
The term “the democratization of AI” refers to the online trend since the launch of ChatGPT, Dall-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion of making artificial intelligence (AI) in different forms, accessible and usable to a very large number of people worldwide, not just those with specialized technical knowledge or significant resources as was the case before 2022 with AI-powered software of large incumbents.
This involves several key characteristics:
- Increased accessibility: This means making Cloud-based AI tools and technologies more affordable, user-friendly, and available for individuals and organizations of all sizes across the Globe. And especially solopreneurs, startups, scaleups and SMEs. This includes simplifying interfaces, providing pre-trained models that don’t require coding, and offering other cloud-based services that eliminate the need for expensive hardware and expensive software.
- Improved education and training: Democratization also empowers people worldwide with the relevant knowledge and skills they need to understand and use AI effectively depending on the career change they want to make or need to make. That is what we call ‘right-skilling for AI’.
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- Empowerment and participation: It’s not just about providing easy and affordable access, but also about empowering individuals and groups to create their own AI-powered solutions and AI-powered digital products and participate in the development and governance of AI systems for the good of everybody. This involves new AI-powered online platforms, citizen science initiatives, and collaborative projects based on virtual organizing, on the virtual organization as AI-powered organizational design that encourage diverse perspectives and contributions for AI-for good of everybody.
- Addressing ethical concerns: As different AI-powered tools are becoming more widespread, it’s crucial to address potential risks and biases. Democratization efforts should emphasize responsible development and use of AI, considering fairness, transparency, accountability, and potential impact on society but from the perspective of the common good. Not only from the perspective of traditional large companies including the large traditional ICT-providers and management consulting companies.
Overall, the democratization of AI that is taking place online since 2022 is unlocking the potential of AI-powered software for a wide range of people and applications, promoting real innovation including innovative frameworks, models, methods and tools. Promoting inclusivity, productivity and creativity across everybody in the world that has online acces to the Net.
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