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InclusiveAI: Public voting model could open AI decisions to broader communities

Phys · · 546 words · By Mary Fetzer
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What to know about InclusiveAI: Public voting model could open AI decisions to broader communities

Researchers from Penn State and other institutions have proposed 'InclusiveAI,' a system that uses Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) to allow public voting and deliberation on AI governance. The goal is to move away from top-down corporate control to ensure AI systems better reflect diverse societal values and minority perspectives.

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What happened

InclusiveAI: Public voting model could open AI decisions to broader communities Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Artificial intelligence (AI) systems affect many parts of daily life, including health care, education, and public policy,…

Why it matters

As a result, AI systems may not align with the needs of diverse communities.

Common ground

To help address this, Sharma—and collaborators from OpenAI, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University—proposed InclusiveAI, a system inspired by democratic decision-making that uses…

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Researchers from Penn State and other institutions have proposed 'InclusiveAI,' a system that uses Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) to allow public voting and deliberation on AI governance. The goal is to move away from top-down corporate control to ensure AI systems better reflect diverse societal values and minority perspectives.

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Claim 1: “Tanusree Sharma et al, Democratic governance through DAO-based deliberation and voting for inclusive decision making in AI models, Scientific Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-40180-8”
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The search results for 'Paper' returned general definitions of paper and unrelated software/games. There is no evidence confirming the existence of the specific paper title, the 2026 date, or the DOI provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — At its core this is definitely a casual game: after all, all you need to do is steer a colored square on a blank sheet of paper, covering it with paint, effectively identifying your captured territori…
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web search NEUTRAL — Largely derived from lignocellulose, paper is created from a pulp dissolved into a slurry that is drained and dried into sheets. Different types of paper are defined by constituent fiber, paper pulp, …
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web search NEUTRAL — Beyond high-impact tutoring, Paper provides on-demand academic support to help students get unstuck, ask questions, and build confidence across subjects. Paper offers tools that help teachers extend i…
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Claim 2: “DAOs are blockchain-based groups that use smart contracts to support decentralized decision-making”
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Multiple independent web sources define DAOs as blockchain-based organizations that use smart contracts for decentralized management and decision-making.
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web search NEUTRAL — Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based communities that are designed to bring a new, more open and democratic management structure to businesses and other collaborative pro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are blockchain-based, self-governing organizations that allow participants to collaborate toward a specific goal on a trustless network.
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web search NEUTRAL — A decentralized autonomous organization uses a blockchain to facilitate self-enforcing rules or protocols. Of course, the blockchain’s smart contracts store these rules, while the network’s tokens inc…
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Claim 3: “Tanusree Sharma, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Tanusree Sharma is an assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanusree Sharma is an assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State. Her research focus is on the intersections of usable security and privacy, AI governance,…
https://ist.psu.edu/directory/tfs5747
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanusree Sharma. Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology.
https://pure.psu.edu/en/persons/tanusree-sharma
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanusree Sharma. Pennsylvania State University | Penn State · College of Information Sciences and Technology.Tanusree Sharma is a PhD student and currently working as a Research Assistant at the Unive…
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tanusree-Sharma
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Claim 4: “The work was published in Scientific Reports.”
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The evidence confirms that 'Scientific Reports' is a journal, but there is no evidence provided that the specific research on InclusiveAI was published there.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI literacy or artificial intelligence literacy is "a set of competencies that enables individuals to critically evaluate AI technologies; communicate and collaborate effectively with AI; and use AI a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia) 'method') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)
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Claim 5: “Sharma—and collaborators from OpenAI, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University—proposed InclusiveAI”
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While evidence confirms Tanusree Sharma's academic background and affiliation with UIUC and Penn State, there is no evidence in the provided search results regarding a project called 'InclusiveAI' or the specific collaborators mentioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Home. Leading the Future. Impact and Innovation at Illinois.The data also spotlights the university’s role in keeping top talent in the state of Illinois after …
https://illinois.edu/
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web search NEUTRAL — Tanusree Sharma, Hunter A. Dyer, Roy H. Campbell, and Masooda Bashir. Computing Conference 2021. [C.8]. Enabling user-centered privacy controls for mobile applications: COVID-19 perspective.As a PhD S…
https://tanusreesharma.github.io/files/Tanusree_CV.pdf
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web search NEUTRAL — Ph.D., Informatics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024.Tanusree Sharma is an assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State. Her research focus i…
https://ist.psu.edu/directory/tfs5747
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Claim 6: “Working with 177 participants from around the world, the researchers tested different ways of sharing decision-making power”
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The search results for '177' returned irrelevant information about air gun calibers and historical years, with no mention of research participants or decision-making tests.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — .177 caliber or 4.5 mm caliber is the smallest diameter of pellets and BB shots widely used in air guns, and is the only caliber generally accepted for formal target competition. It is also sometimes…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Year 177 (CLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 930 Ab urbe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 177 was a common year of the Julian calendar. 177 may also refer to: 177 (number), a number in the 100s range 177 BC, a year Before the Common Era
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Claim 7: “they proposed using a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)-based transparent governance/decision platform to collect people's preferences and AI behavior to guide AI development and improvements.”
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The provided evidence discusses AI frameworks and general AI industry trends but contains no mention of a DAO-based platform proposed by the researchers for collecting preferences.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The roots of the development of artificial intelligence in the People's Republic of China started in the late 1970s following Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening up emphasizing science and technology a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) (Chinese: 北京智源人工智能研究院; pinyin: Běijīng Zhìyuán réngōng zhìnéng yánjiùyuàn), also known as Zhiyuan Institute, is a Chinese non-profit artificial intell…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wu Dao (Chinese: 悟道; pinyin: wùdào; lit. 'road to awareness') is a multimodal artificial intelligence developed by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI). Wu Dao 1.0 was first announced…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Dao
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