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TICI brings together research, essays and public debate on the social contract with AI.
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The AI debate focuses on states, technology companies and individual users. But the social contract with AI takes shape every day in schools, teams, boardrooms and public service desks. This foundational essay introduces the Covenant Model as a framework for responsible AI use at the level where it matters most: institutional practice.
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Three connected themes through which we study how AI changes society and what that means for institutions, rights and democracy.
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Publications on human agency, public values and AI in government, education and healthcare.
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Our research agenda takes shape where AI directly affects authority, professional responsibility and human dignity.
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How does public decision-making remain explainable when AI takes part?
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What does human formation require when knowledge is mediated by machines?
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Where does professional responsibility lie when AI advises?
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We bring research and public debate together around human agency, public values and machine restraint.
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Essays and editorial notes on the social contract with AI, human judgment and the common good. New editions arrive through Substack.
On The New Intelligent Covenant - the Institute's framework.