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For Immediate Release

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Sage Wilson
Phone: 206-889-0277
Email: sage.wilson@seatte.gov

Mayor Wilson releases vision for AI that enhances human flourishing and serves the public good

Today, Mayor Katie B. Wilson released a vision of building on Seattle's history of innovation to establish our city as "the best place in the world for the development of responsible AI tools that enhance human flourishing and serve the public good." The mayor previously announced some initial steps to address public concern about data centers.

The mayor's AI vision underscores her commitment to “using the City’s public policymaking power to shape an AI future that centers human flourishing and ensures we do not socialize the costs of AI or privatize all of its benefits." The detailed vision document released today covers AI use by city workers; city leadership in AI adoption; and responsible development of AI.

As the mayor writes:

"History shows that the social and economic impacts of new technologies are profoundly shaped by our policy choices. People decide together whether a new technology is a tool to concentrate wealth, to produce broad benefits, or a mix of the two.

The fundamental questions surrounding the adoption of any new technology are who makes the decisions, how the technology is used, and how the impacts are distributed."

Read the mayor's AI vision on her blog.

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