Shaping The Future Of Ability-Centered Algorithms & Policies

Bringing nations, cities and sovereign funds to embrace algorithms and environments, addressing spectrums, ability, cognitive, sensory and experiential differences

Appearances and ecosystems

Recent publications

WEF Agenda: Generative AI holds great potential for those with disabilities - but it needs policy to shape it

OECD: AI Act and disability-centred policy: how can we stop perpetuating social exclusion?

TechPolicy Press: Can The DSA/DMA Acts Complement “Algorithmic Policies” For Designated Groups?

Cooperations and contributions

Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health

WHO: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health

OECD: AI to support people with disability in the labour market

Unesco: Digital Week 2024, AI Ethics and Literacy

Statement

Algorithmic Spectrum statement

At least 1 in 6 people living with one or more neurological conditions, 1 in 7 are with cognitive impairments, 1 in 4 adults — suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. All of these differences are connected to the spectrum of ability and comorbidity, sensibility, physical and tactile experiences, visual and color experiences, differences in the systems of learning, memorizing, systemizing, and empathizing.

These “invisible disabilities” lead to the biggest level of social exclusion, isolation and rejection across all conditions and states. Unemployment among those with autism is approximately 85%, severe mental health disorders – 68%-83%, Down syndrome – 43%. Social, economic and environmental parameters add even more criteria to this analysis that are distributed across different social layers, subgroups, communities.

How can we co-create algorithms, policies and systems accordingly?

Explore the overview document.

Algorithms

MOOC: Ability-Centered Algorithms

Ability-Centered Algorithms and Frameworks (MOOC)

AI algorithms can be used to augment smart wheelchairs, walking sticks, geolocation and city tools, bionic and rehabilitation technologies, adding adaptiveness and personalization.

These algorithms also fuel a range of systems used by the general population (“assistive pretext”):

  • Social robots, companions, and smart toys
  • Adaptive reading, learning, and child development
  • Smart glasses, devices, wearables, and VR/AR
  • Wellbeing, mental health, and emotional development
  • Smart and cognitive cities.

Despite significant possibilities of AI, every disability is unique and may pose challenges for algorithms associated with proper recognition, analysis, predictions and outcomes.

MOOC explores:

  • how different AI systems and ontologies may interact with different spectrums;
  • investigate historical contexts of errors and distortions; 
  • explore approaches to data, models, systems oversight;
  • explore policies and approaches to systems categorization; 
  • Provides sources – frameworks, guidelines and memorandums.
Policies

Policies & letters

Algorithmic policy aims to both empower and regulate the development of technologies, including adaptive, assistive, learning and city solutions, providing rules and guidelines on how different stakeholders can come together in order to build human-centered ecosystems. In particular, Yonah and allies work on policy suggestions, frameworks and letters addressing research, evaluation, aspects of safety, privacy, fairness, accountability, transparency and other human-centricity criteria.

White House PCAST / Gen AI – Commentary

AI Safety Summit Open Letter
Open Letter on Council of Europe Treaty
Allies

Allies & projects

On behalf of our allies, we’ve contributed to research, papers, ontologies and national initiatives advancing algorithmic diversity

Publications

Publications & articles

WEF Agenda: Generative AI holds great potential for those with disabilities - but it needs policy to shape it

WEF Agenda: How sovereign funds could empower the future of assistive technology and disability AI

Horasis: Disability and Peace-centered AI Policy Is Multipolar, Multiagent and Reflects Historical Complexity

OECD: AI Act and disability-centred policy: how can we stop perpetuating social exclusion?

WEF Agenda: How cognitive diversity in AI can help close the disability inclusion gap

Forbes Tech Council: Algorithmic Diversity. Mitigating AI Bias And Disability Exclusion

Euronews: Can the EU AI Act embrace people's needs while redefining algorithms?

TechPolicy Press: Can The DSA/DMA Acts Complement “Algorithmic Policies” For Designated Groups?

Media

Media & appearances

WISE24 June 19

Zinc Mission 3 June 24

Conception X June 25

StartEd July 15

500 Startups Talk July 23

Zinc Mission 3 July 30

ALA Aug 25

Techstars Summit Sep 1

StartEd Sep 2

We Need A Change Sep 5

Data Ethics For All Sep 17

Ada Lovelace Hackathon Oct 10

Talk With Sophie Baron Oct 13

A2i Dyslexia Oct 14

Future Hub Oct 15

Bridge For Billions Oct 26

MIT Hack For The Future Nov 8

Teens In AI Podcast Nov 12

Talent Hack – AI & Blockchain Nov 15

Design The Future Nov 19

Insead Indevor Postponed

Boundless Nov 25

Horasis Asia Meeting Nov 30

500 Startups South Korea Dec 2

SEF Dec 5

Blockchain Israel Dec 7

AI Summit New York Dec 9

FemTech Dec 15

Way Davos Dec 19

Women Think Tank Dec 23

Tech For Disability Jan 14

Young Founders Summit Jan 16

Disability Tech UK Feb 10

Digital AI Conclave Feb 10

Are You A Robot Feb 26

MozFest Mar 8

CreAItivity Mar 13

Entrepreneurship Ethics Mar 15

Horasis AI Mar 18

Artificial Intelligence EU Mar 25

SparkFest Mar 30

MEET Apr 11

Futures Lab Apr 20

Rethinking Economics Apr 22

Lebanon IoT & AI May 4

World Humanitarian Forum May 19

Datalift May 28

Internet Freedom June 3

Women In AI June 4

RightsCon June 7

WomenTech June 8

Wonder Women Tech LatinX June 10

Dublin Tech Summit June 17

IWIB June 18

ML Innovation June 22

EU Tech Chamber July 8

Human Rights Copenhagen Aug 17

Pondering AI Sep 1

Times Higher Education Sep 3

Tech London Advocates Sep 21

AI Summit London Sep 23

Diversity In Tech Awards Oct 1

Women in IT Oct 13

She Loves Tech Oct 13/16

FWD 50 Nov 2

Women In Tech Nov 3

Women Of Mena Tech Nov 4

AWE US 2021 Nov 9

AI World Congress Postponed

Formwelt Nov 13

Girlscript Summit Nov 15<

Responsible AI Dec 7

ML Con Berlin Dec 7/8

Cognitive AI Postponed

AI Asia Conference Postponed

Yonah Welker, Unesco Digital Learning Week, Disability-Centered AI Policy
Unesco Digital Week
Yonah Welker, Unesco Digital Learning Week, Disability-Centered AI Policy
Unesco Digital Week
Yonah Welker, Unesco Digital Learning Week, Disability-Centered AI Policy
Unesco Digital Week
Yonah Welker. Leap 2024
Leap 2024
Yonah Welker. 2024
Leap 2024
Cannes Festival
Yonah Welker. Generative AI Summit
GenAI Summit
Yonah Welker. TMU University
Technical University of Munich
Yonah Welker. AI Act Summit
AI Act Summit
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