DeepMind's Iason Gabriel argues broad access to AI benefits should be central to evaluating tech progress
IasonGabriel · x · 2026-09-24
Iason Gabriel of the DeepMind Institute published an essay arguing that as technology grows more powerful, opportunity for benefit should become a more central part of evaluating scientific and technological progress.
- The essay grounds universal concern in four directions: rights, reciprocity, fairness, and beneficence
- Together they suggest universal concern should shape what technologists develop, whose needs they serve, and how results are made available
- Practically, this means working on valuable AI uses across a wider range of settings, adapting systems to local contexts, and building institutions that support broad access and governance
- It is part of the DeepMind Institute's effort to bring philosophers, economists and policymakers into conversation with technologists
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