Collective intelligence for collective progress.
collective intelligence (CI), def.
Effective, decentralized, and agentic decision-making across individuals and communities to produce best-case outcomes for the collective.
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March 2024
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We are an incubator for new governance models for transformative technology.
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We conduct research using collective intelligence as an organizing principle.
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We pilot CI experiments with partners to test theory in practice.
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We connect researchers, builders and organizations, to create an ecosystem that implements great CI ideas.
Our goal: To overcome the transformative technology trilemma.
Existing tech governance approaches fall prey to the transformative technology trilemma. They assume significant trade-offs between progress, participation, and safety.
Market-forward builders tend to sacrifice safety for progress; risk-averse technocrats tend to sacrifice participation for safety; participation-centered democrats tend to sacrifice progress for participation.
Collective flourishing requires all three. We need CI R&D so we can simultaneously advance technological capabilities, prevent disproportionate risks, and enable individual and collective self-determination.
As AI reshapes society, the companies behind these technologies face a critical challenge: how to build corporate governance structures that prioritize public benefit over profit maximization.