AI-Facilitated Collaboration
AI is reshaping how (and how well) we coordinate. We need to ensure it does so for the better.
- Coordination — between people, institutions, and nations — drives outcomes of global significance, and AI is changing the terrain.
- AI systems can already act as (flawed) intermediaries between people; soon they could routinely be implemented in roles like arbitrator, facilitator, fiduciary negotiator, deal analyst, inspector, or enforcer.
- AI may also enable forms of coordination that weren’t practical before — deliberation at large scales, AI-driven networking that seeds new coalitions, verifiable commitments that unlock high-stakes agreements.
- Done well, this could expand what humanity can agree on and act on together; done poorly, the same tools could manipulate, entrench bad actors, or erode trust.
By creating thoughtful technologies focused on the beneficial use of AI for coordination, we can build solid foundations for humanity’s capacity to act in the common interest.
The beneficial version of this can be built — but it won’t happen by default.
- We work to bring the beneficial versions of these technologies forward — sooner, and on better foundations than the default trajectory would produce.
- Thoughtful implementation means AI coordination systems that act faithfully on behalf of those they serve, with appropriate transparency and guardrails.
- Even modest gains here matter: more bandwidth for meaningful communication, better mechanisms for trusted mediation, scoring rules that move groups toward better outcomes.
- The earlier these arrive, the more room they create to coordinate on the largest open questions — including how AI itself is built and deployed.
