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'''In 2019, Mozilla Foundation decided that a significant portion of its internet health programs would focus on AI topics.''' This wiki provides an overview of the issue as we see it, our theory of change and Mozilla's programmatic pursuits for 2020. Above all, it opens the door to collaboration from others.
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= Background: Mozilla and Trustworthy AI =
= Timeline =
Trustworthy AI fits within the internet health movement building strategy Mozilla launched in 2016. Over the last 18 months we've been working to figure out how trustworthy AI can be a central focus in driving this movement forward.
Below is a timeline of key steps and documents from this process. They collectively tell the story of how Mozilla got to this goal and why.
January 2016 - [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MoFo_2020 Movement Building Strategy Launch]
* In January, 2016 Mozilla launched a movement building strategy. The goal was to combine our programmatic to catalyze a movement for a healthier internet.
January 2018 - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bl-h9d1IrhBXOskacm8eYkPteNMdxlN2/view Mozilla Strategy Brief & Theory of Change]
* After two years of implementing the internet health movement building strategy, Mozilla releases update language and proposes a rough theory of change.
September 2018 - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bl-h9d1IrhBXOskacm8eYkPteNMdxlN214izVPHwpy4hZGt4xclHpmaXr15pME5PI/view Existing MoFo Theory of ChangeMozilla 2016-2018 Program Evaluation] (January 2018) * Mozilla's long term The detailed strategy for making review resulted in many key learnings regarding what was working and what was not. Chief among them was that the internet a healthier place. The new movement building theory of change shared above built on was too broad and that specific, measurable direction underneath this umbrella strategy was necessary. The takeaway was that Mozilla would choose an impact goal to drive this earlier workforward.
November 2018 - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cExHEoEpaHKJhgTKWp2h50xvXMWeY76E/view Short Listed Impact goal summaryGoals] (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).
* Based on the strategy evaluation and a program review, Mozilla looked at a number of options for impact goals. We narrowed the short list to four goals outlined in this document, one of which was "better machine decision making" (which grew into trustworthy AI). November 2018 - [https://mzl.la/IssueBriefv01 Better machine decision making issue brief] (November 2018) * Describes how Mozilla understands This document is the issue of brief we wrote to describe what we meant by better machine decision making at the time and used this to start consulting with our allies and partners. It describes both the issue and the beginning of a roadmap on areas for improvement to get us to 'better'. November 2018 - [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 In November we announced 'whybetter machine decision making' as our goal. This kicked off a period of trustworthy AI engagement and how we got hereconsultation. March 2019 - [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/03/06/mozillaaiupdate/ Mozilla, AI and internet health: an update] (March 2019) * By March, we'd adapted the language of our impact goal from better machine decision making to trustworthy AI. 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? April 2019 - [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.
May 2019 - [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/05/13/consider-this-ai-and-internet-health/ Consider this: AI and Internet Health] (May 2019)* Though the focus had been narrowed to consumer technology, we wanted to get even more specific about the impact we wanted to make. This blog explores the which aspects of consumer technology that Mozilla should focus considered focusing on. The list had been narrowed toincluded: accountability; agency; rights; and open source. August 2019 - [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2019/08/28/update-digging-deeper-on-trustworthy-ai/ Update: Digging Deeper on ‘Trustworthy AI’] (August 2019)* HereBy August, 2019 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. January 2020 - [https://youtu.be/zzkGhH-4FDs All Hands Plenary]* By January 2020 we were starting to see this work show up in our programs. Here, Mozilla staff and fellows talk about how their work is helping us towards our trustworthy AI goal. March 2020 - [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.
April 2020 - [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.
May 2020 - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD8pBC-cu7bkvU-9v-DZEyCmpWED7W7Z/view Mozilla v0.9 White Paper on Trustworthy AI]
* In May of 2020 Mozilla released a white paper on our approach to trustworthy AI. The paper talks about how industry, regulators and citizens of the internet can work together to build more agency and accountability into our digital world. It also talks briefly about some of the areas where Mozilla will focus, knowing that Mozilla is only one small actor in the bigger picture of shifting the AI tide.
May 2020 - [https://marksurman.commons.ca/2020/05/14/request-for-comment-how-to-collaboratively-make-trustworthy-ai-a-reality/ Request for comment: how to collaboratively make trustworthy AI a reality]
* Following the white paper launch, we opened a request for comments inviting our allies and community to feedback on this thinking. We welcome you as a part of that process. You can add your voice by writing a response to what you read, reaching out to us or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemkMhbjhtugjHUjxVwS0XlAkBlaP-prOm3pUsELPKjkXjupQ/viewform filling out this form].
You can read more about the background for this project [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Foundation/AIBackgroundWork here].
