All Tech Is Human: Building the Responsible Tech Pipeline

Building the Responsible Tech pipeline; making it more diverse, multidisciplinary, and aligned with the public interest.

We unite a diverse range of individuals and organizations across civil society, education, government, and industry in order to collectively co-create our future. We are building a better tech future by changing the people involved in it, bringing in new voices.

Founded in 2018, All Tech Is Human has been building community across a broad range of stakeholders. This uniquely positions us as a hub for the larger Responsible Tech movement and capable of building and expanding the Responsible Tech pipeline.

We are a 501c3 non-profit through a fiscal sponsorship with Hopewell Fund.

Problem The development and deployment of technology, especially social media, influences everyone yet is made by a select few. If someone is impacted by tech they should have a voice in its process.

Right now they don't and that's a problem.

Solution All Tech Is Human creates pathways for new voices from a diverse range of backgrounds to be directly involved in how technology is developed and deployed. If a greater diversity of individuals are involved in the process of tech, we can better create a future that considers technology's impact and is aligned with the public interest. This is the solution we provide.

1296 Number of members in our Slack community, where people are discussing careers, providing advice, and building community.

202

Number of volunteers we have had involved in our collaborative projects in a 6-month time period, thereby finding others in the field for support and pathways. These collaborative groups worked toward releasing reports for the larger community.

26,322 Number of reads for our flagship resource, the Responsible Tech Guide, which is aimed to providing guidance for new voices to enter the field and released in September 2020.

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By the Numbers

Number of jobs listed on our new Responsible Tech Job Board, a unique space for careers aimed at reducing the harms of technology.

314 Number of individuals in our new Responsible Tech Mentorship Program, matching mentors and mentees.

All Tech Is Human has featured a broad range of participants as speakers for our in-person gatherings, panelists for our livestreams, and interviewees for our reports. Individuals such as Safiya Noble, Claire Wardle, Timnit Gebru, Yael Eisenstat, Kathy Pham, Sarah T. Roberts, Desmond Patton, Rana el Kaliouby, Clara Tsao, Mutale Nkonde, Chris Wiggins, Mona Sloane, Rumman Chowdhury, Douglas Rushkoff, Dipayan Ghosh, Brandeis Marshall, Cansu Canca, Charlton McIlwain, Elizabeth Renieris, Eli Pariser, Courtney Cogburn, Jessica Rosenworcel, John C. Havens, Justin Hendrix, Kathy Baxter, Laurie Segall, Mark Latonero, Raina Kumra, Mary Madden, Solon Barocas, Meredith Broussard and many more.

Our participants have come from a variety of backgrounds across civil society, government, and industry including the United Nations, Harvard Berkman Klein Center, the Center for Humane Technology, Data & Society, IBM, the New York Times, Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, the World Economic Forum, Google, Salesforce and more.

All Tech Is Human brings together a diverse range of participants across civil society, government, and industry.

By being connected with all the parts of the puzzle, we can provide a fuller picture to growing the Responsible Tech pipeline.

Our Uniqueness | Unfair Advantage All Tech Is Human is intentionally designed to attract a diverse range of individuals and organizations across civil society, government, and industry. We draw technologists, org leaders, startups, big tech, advocates, artists, designers, attorneys, college & grad students, academics, psychologists, sociologists, and more.

We saw a major need for more voices to be involved in the process of how technology is developed and deployed and we have created a unique space that unites a diverse range of participants with different perspectives around a shared goal of building a better tech future. This passionate community can be activated in multiple directions.

Creating an interconnected web across disciplines, perspectives, and career levels has allowed our organization to expand Responsible Tech pipeline; our community contains both those wanting careers in Responsible Tech and those doing the hiring. This is unique and sets us apart.

Responsible Tech Mentorship Program After hearing from countless individuals about the immense need for mentorship, we recently started developing a mentorship program that is matching up mentors and mentees. The first cohort includes over 272 mentees and 42 mentors.

We have mentors from the BBC, Netflix, Discord, Politico and more located in the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia and more.

Responsible Tech Job Board People are struggling to know where to find the new jobs that are being created around reducing the harms of technology. We saw a major need for a curated list of positions such as reducing hate speech on social media, roles in Responsible Tech, data privacy, AI Ethics, Trust & Safety, and more.

As a connective tissue between civil society, government, and industry we are uniquely positioned as a pathway between those hiring for new roles and those looking to enter the field.

Responsible Tech Guide Released in September, 2020, our Responsible Tech Guide has had over 26k reads and is fast becoming the go-to reference for the Responsible Tech field.

The free 163-page resource, created in partnership with NYU's Alliance for Public Interest Technology, provides key information on the nascent Responsible Technology field, including ecosystem maps, resources and interviews.

We currently have a 75-person Responsible Tech Working Group working on expanding and revising the guide for a Fall 2021 release, along with pro bono work for more interactive features.

Slack group for the Responsible Tech community Started in December 2020, our new Slack group for the Responsible Tech community has quickly grown to nearly 1300 members! As we learned from our in-person gathering in 2018 and 2019, there was a major need for a hub to bring together a diverse group of individuals working toward a better tech future.

We have channels focused on discussing careers in Responsible Tech, a popular reading group, event postings, introductions, and more. The Slack group serves the purpose of building up needed networks for individuals building their career in Responsible Tech, and promoting a culture of collaboration and knowledge-sharing.

Livestreams Our monthly livestream series is intended as a way to provide continued learning to a diverse audience and promote a multidisciplinary approach to Responsible Tech. Our series is done in partnership with TheBridge, which allows us to reach additional technologists and policymakers.

Our livestreams have averaged 1k views (YouTube & Persicope) and featured noteworthy experts on topics such as misinformation, AI ethics, algorithmic bias, and getting more people involved in the Responsible Tech movement.

Through our partnership with The Radical AI Podcast, our livestream conversations are turned into a podcast and included curated resources and action items in a Continue the Conversation series.

Reports Our reports bring together input from our diverse community to take a holistic, collective approach to a complex societal issue. They feature contributions from over 100 collaborators each, compelling visualizations, and interviews with thought leaders and subject matter experts from across industry, education, government and civil society.

The Business Case for AI Ethics had a first draft release in December 2020 and final release in April 2021 and has over 8k reads.

Improving Social Media: The People, Organizations, & Ideas for a Better Tech Future was released in February 2021 and has over 9k reads.

By involving a diverse range of thousands of people in the Responsible Tech movement and hearing directly from them about what issues they find important and what is needed, All Tech Is Human has invaluable insight into how we can co-create a better tech future.

David is a leading Responsible Tech advocate, with his work having appeared on CBS This Morning, TODAY Show, BBC World News, The Guardian, Fast Company, USA Today, and more. An international speaker with rare insight across multiple stakeholder groups, he has spoken at universities (Harvard Business School, Princeton University, Notre Dame), governmental bodies (NATO, State Department), companies (Facebook, TikTok, Foursquare), and large tech festivals (TNW, TechChill, Future Health Summit, FutureNow).

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He currently is a member of TikTok's Content Advisory Board, along with serving as a board member to the Technology & Adolescent Mental Wellness program and serving on multiple working groups around improving our tech future.

With a background as an attorney and educator, David actively works to bringing new voices, disciplines, and perspectives into the process of how technology is developed and deployed.

David Ryan Polgar, founder & director David@AllTechIsHuman.org