Grassroots and non-profit perspectives on generative AI webinar

Yasmin leads on the AI for Public Good programme, as well as JRF's broader strategy to commission thinkers and practitioners with original ideas exploring deeper cross-cutting issues related to poverty. Previously, Yasmin worked at Black Thrive Lambeth managing the employment workstream, which sought to improve employment outcomes for Black people with long-term health conditions in Lambeth, South London. She also ran her own social enterprise which worked with young Londoners to widen access to arts and cultural spaces.

Tania is the Founder of We and AI and Coordinator of the Better Images of AI collaboration. She is on the Founding Editorial Board for the Springer AI and Ethics Journal and on the Public Engagement and Ecosystem Strategy Advisory Board of The Alan Turing Institute. Tania is a Lead for TLA Tech for Disability, a member of the IEEE P7015 Data and AI Literacy, Skills, and Readiness working group, and was named one of WIAIE’s 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2021.

Ismael is Associate Director at We and AI, and the CEO and Founder of Kairoi. He has worked with not-for-profit organisations for almost a decade, and views responsible approaches to AI as a question of organisational culture and AI literacy. He also currently co-leads the Responsible AI Network (RAIN) with Fellows of the RSA (Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), enabling civil society’s engagement in discussions about cutting-edge technologies.

Lizzie Remfry is PhD student at Queen Mary University of London and researcher at We and AI. Her research interests focus on how we can involve the publics in the development of AI systems, and the use of language models in clinical research.

Nick is a Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in Technology and Advisor to We and AI. With We and AI, Nick has worked on numerous projects promoting AI for social good including the Better Images of AI project with the LCFI at the University of Cambridge; designing content for the Scottish AI Alliance Living with AI course; researching AI narratives; and coordinating the We and AI guest editorship of a topical collection in Springer’s AI and Ethics journal on the Ethical Implications of AI Hype.

Gulsen Guler is a researcher working on understanding societal impacts of emerging digital technologies. Previously, she worked as a justice social worker and her lived experiences from the field inform her research approaches to have a strong focus on social justice when examining how technologies are designed, developed and used. Gulsen has been part of the wider We and AI community since 2021 and she was the research and project manager for this research project, funded by JRF.