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Shaping AI

A group of researchers including Jeff Dean, John Hennessy, and David Patterson published a paper in Communications of the ACM titled 'Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives,' arguing that focused efforts made now can maximize AI's benefits and minimize its harms for billions of people. The paper, dated January 2026, emphasizes the profound societal impact of AI and calls for deliberate action to shape its trajectory.

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Shaping AI
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AI's impact on society will be profound, affecting billions of lives for better or worse.

Focused efforts made now can maximize the upsides of AI and minimize its downsides for everyone.

AI's impact on society will be profound, affecting billions of lives for better or worse.

Focused efforts made now can maximize the upsides of AI and minimize its downsides for everyone.

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Jeff Dean, Finale Doshi-Velez, John Hennessy, Andy Konwinski, Sanmi Koyejo, Pelonomi Moiloa, Emma Pierson, and David Patterson. 2025. Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives. Commun. ACM 69, 1 (January 2026), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746132

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