TRANSFORMATION SCENARIO Collective identity and experience: an AI order for the common good
Theme: AI Technology Development

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AI Technology Development

The pace, direction, and control of advances in AI – including breakthroughs, risks, and who benefits from new capabilities.


Trajectory

Open, transparent development

Main driver

Open-source movement; led from the Global South

Leading actors

India-Brazil-South Africa alliance

State in 2040

Open, transparent; AGI Wild Card with safety

Self-Explaining AI – systems whose decision-making processes are not only transparent but communicated in a comprehensible, contextualised, and individualised way – significantly shapes global AI development by 2040. This was published in 2035 as an open-source project by an alliance of research institutions, tech companies and civil society from India, Brazil, and South Africa, changing the global balance of power. Wild Card: AGI reached; breakthroughs in AI safety and reliability achieved globally.


SCENARIO TIMELINE

2025 TREND: Rapid; trust concerns growing
2030 TREND: Open-source movement strengthens
2035 TREND: Self-Explaining AI published (2035)
2040 STATE: Open, transparent; AGI Wild Card w/ safety

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