Civic and policy lab

AI Ethical Futures Lab

A civic room for practical AI governance, public consultation, toolkits, and laptops-out work.

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Audience

Community members, public-interest practitioners, educators, workers, artists, researchers, and policy-curious builders.

Cadence

Facilitated lab sessions and public recaps

What this group is for

Futures Lab

AI Ethical Futures Lab is the public-interest layer of BC + AI: a place to discuss impacts, compare lived experience, and turn policy questions into practical next steps.

The story so far

Why it sits in Communities

The lab is action-oriented civil society work, not abstract ethics branding.

Recent and upcoming

Public paths to catch up

AI Ethics Reading List

AI Ethical Futures Lab #4

All BC + AI events

People and leads

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Facilitation

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