Technology for society

KT4D aims to harness the benefits of knowledge technologies such as AI and big data to foster more inclusive civic participation in democracy. Demos Helsinki develops a governance framework and a roadmap for democratic use of AI.

FORSEE is a Horizon Europe research project that aims to expand beyond visions that define AI strictly in terms of technological and economic efficiency, developing a nuanced and enriched notion of success for society as a whole. The mission of FORSEE is to analyse existing successful AI applications to strategically enhance the capabilities of the AI industry, policymakers and the public to address the future risks and opportunities of AI.

This research project aimed to extensively map the risks to fundamental rights and non-discrimination in machine learning-based AI systems that were either in use or were planned to be used in Finland. The project assessed the fundamental rights impacts of AI in different contexts such as social services, finance and health care. The main goal of the project was to develop an evaluation framework to ensure the non-discrimination of AI systems in different use cases.

ATARCA was an H2020-funded research project aiming to create Bitcoin-like but anti-rival cryptographically protected tokens and test their applicability to governing data markets on one hand and fostering cooperation in community-driven currencies, on the other hand, aiming to resolve the market failures in the long run.