Good evening,

The Europeana Foundation and the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, within and on behalf of the data space consortium, have launched an Alignment Assembly on ‘Culture for AI’- *a participatory collective intelligence activity and consultation process that will help us clarify our community’s position on AI development, implementation and use.* During this process, we will:

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Identify consensus and friction points related to AI in the community of the common European data space for cultural heritage; -

Facilitate community dialogue around the emerging dilemmas and illustrate how the heritage sector is navigating them; -

Create a living resource with practical guidance for the community.

The Alignment Assembly will run until 4 July via an online consultation platform. Over 200 heritage professionals already shared their views!

Read the blogpost for more context. https://pro.europeana.eu/post/share-your-views-about-ai-and-digital-cultural-heritage

How to participate:

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Join the Alignment Assembly on the Pol.is platform https://pol.is/2tynneeisx. -

Here you can anonymously vote on statements about AI formulated by our community. As you vote, you will immediately see a visualisation with the results, showing how your views relate to the rest of the community. -

Once you’ve voted on all the statements, you can propose your own statements. These will be reviewed and approved by the moderators so that others can vote on them. -

Regularly come back to the Alignment Assembly to vote on new statements submitted by the community. -

Over time, we will start noticing consensus and friction points on certain topics.

Also please also help us spread the word about the Assembly and engage your network throughout the process!

Thank you and kind regards, Johan Oomen

Research director Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision @johanoomen