Below, is the paper trail of these efforts, they collectively tell the story of how Mozilla got to this goal and why.
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bl-h9d1IrhBXOskacm8eYkPteNMdxlN2/view Existing MoFo Theory of Change] (January 2018) * Mozilla's long term strategy for making the internet a healthier place. The new theory of change shared above built on this earlier work.* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cExHEoEpaHKJhgTKWp2h50xvXMWeY76E/view Impact goal summary] (November 2018) * Summarizes our recommendation to Mozilla's Board of Directors on why the impact goal focus should be 'better machine decision making' (now, trustworthy AI). * [https://mzl.la/IssueBriefv01 Better machine decision making issue brief] (November 2018) * Describes how Mozilla understands the issue of machine decision making and the beginning of a roadmap on areas for improvement to get us to 'better'. * [https://medium.com/read-write-participate/slowing-down-asking-questions-looking-ahead-265f6b99810d Slowing Down, Asking Questions, Looking Ahead] (November 2018) * This blog summarizes the two resources above -- the 'why' of trustworthy AI and how we got here. * [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/03/06/mozillaaiupdate/ Mozilla, AI and internet health: an update] (March 2019) * This blog post draws direct connections between our movement building theory of change and how trustworthy AI fits into that. It answers the question: how will we shape the agenda, rally citizens and connect leaders around trustworthy AI?* [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/04/23/why-ai-consumer-tech/ Why AI + consumer tech?] (April 2019)* In April, 2019 we narrowed in on consumer technology as the key area where Mozilla can have the biggest impact in the AI field. * [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/05/13/consider-this-ai-and-internet-health/ Consider this: AI and Internet Health] (May 2019)* This blog explores the aspects of consumer technology that Mozilla should focus on. The list had been narrowed to: accountability; agency; rights; and open source. * [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/08/28/update-digging-deeper-on-trustworthy-ai/ Update: Digging Deeper on ‘Trustworthy AI’] (August 2019)* Here, we share our long term outcomes and long term trustworthy AI goal. We had landed on agency and accountability as our outcomes and "in a world of AI, consumer technology enriches the lives of human beings" as our goal. * [https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-pandemics-and-ai-era/ Privacy, Pandemics and ** the AI Era] (March 2020)* This blog explores the connection between the COVID-19 pandemic, and the technological solutions being proposed. These issues are central to the long term impact of AI. * [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2020/04/22/privacy-norms-and-the-pandemic/ Privacy Norms and the Pandemic] (April 2020)* Similar to the post above, here we explore the long term data governance implications of technology deployment during the pandemic.
You can read more about the background for this project [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Foundation/AIBackgroundWork here].
