A list of resources pertaining to issues regarding AI and ways to make an impact in society.
I am currently working on a private repository where I wrote this document. However, I wanted to share it in a gist now so it can be shared while I take the time to work on that repository.
The purpose of this document is to provide resources for people to contact their representatives if they wish to advocate against AI and it's harmful aspects, in order to regulate or stop AI development in various ways.
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- International AI Safety Report (Bengio et al., 2025) — Commissioned by 30 nations, the UN, EU, and OECD. The most authoritative international scientific synthesis of AI risks to date: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17805
- UK Government: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI — The official government publication page for the above report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-scientific-report-on-the-safety-of-advanced-ai
- MIT AI Risk Repository — A living, peer-reviewed database of AI risk frameworks and documented incident categories: https://airisk.mit.edu
- AI Incident Database — A crowdsourced, indexed database of real-world AI harm incidents: https://incidentdatabase.ai
- NIST SP 1270: Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in AI (2022) — U.S. government study establishing that AI bias extends well beyond data and into systemic and societal factors: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.1270.pdf
- NIST FRVT Part 3: Demographic Effects in Facial Recognition (2019) — Government study of 189 facial recognition algorithms showing 10–100x higher false positive rates for Black and East Asian faces: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2019/NIST.IR.8280.pdf
- ProPublica: Machine Bias (2016) — Landmark investigative journalism study of the COMPAS recidivism algorithm, finding Black defendants were nearly twice as likely to be incorrectly flagged as high-risk: https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
- "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots" (Bender, Gebru et al., 2021) — Peer-reviewed paper documenting harms from large language models including bias amplification, environmental costs, and erosion of accountability: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922
- Non-Consensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery: Prevalence, Attitudes, and Knowledge in 10 Countries (ACM, 2024) — Survey of 16,000+ respondents documenting the scale and harm of AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642382
- Internet Watch Foundation: AI-Generated CSAM Report — Documents thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos, with severity and volume increasing year on year: https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/why-we-exist/our-research/how-ai-is-being-abused-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-imagery/
- Carbon and Water Footprints of Data Centers and AI (de Vries-Gao, VU Amsterdam, 2025) — Peer-reviewed study in Patterns (Cell Press) estimating AI systems' carbon footprint equivalent to New York City and water footprint equivalent to global annual bottled water consumption: https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(25)00278-8
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: 2024 U.S. Data Center Energy Usage Report — U.S. government report documenting data center electricity:
- Datacenters Behaving Like Acoustic Weapons — Benn Jordan studies infrasonic sound emitting from AI datacenters and how that is causing negative health effects in humans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP80DEAbuo
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NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) (2023) — U.S. government voluntary framework for managing AI risks across the full development lifecycle, widely adopted by industry and government: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework
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NIST AI 600-1: Generative AI Risk Management Profile (2024) — U.S. government companion document to the AI RMF specifically addressing generative AI risks and mitigations: https://airc.nist.gov/technical-reports/
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UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2021) — The first global standard on AI ethics, adopted unanimously by all 193 UNESCO member states, covering human rights, transparency, accountability, and environmental impact: https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics
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OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (2019, updated 2024) — The first intergovernmental standard on AI, adopted by OECD member nations and used as the definitional basis for both the EU AI Act and the NIST RMF: https://oecd.ai/en/ai-principles
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EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (2024) — The world's first comprehensive binding legal framework for AI, classifying AI systems by risk level and mandating requirements for high-risk applications: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng
Above all: Vote.
Voting in any election helps get people into government positions who can advocate for your beliefs. This is how most modern countries work and it's pretty much the most effective way to get things done.
Second to that: Contact your representatives. You can also protest and vocalize your support too.
Here are resources to try to contact government agencies:
- United States: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
- State and Local: https://www.usa.gov/state-governments
- Senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
- Representatives: https://www.house.gov/representatives
- Canada: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
- Premiers (Provincial): https://canadaspremiers.ca/contact-a-premier/
- Municipality: https://srv129.services.gc.ca/rbin/eng/munic_search.aspx
- United Kingdom: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
- Scotland: https://www.parliament.scot/msps
- Wales: https://senedd.wales/find-a-member-of-the-senedd/
- Northern Ireland: https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/
- Australia: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Members
- New South Wales: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members
- Victoria: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members
- Queensland: https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members
- Western Australia: https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/memblist.nsf/WAMembers
- South Australia: https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members
- Tasmania: https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/house-of-assembly/currentmembers
- Australian Capital Territory: https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/current
- Northern Territory: https://parliament.nt.gov.au/members/by-name
- New Zealand: https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/
- Europe:
- EU Members:
- Ireland: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/
- France: https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/vos-deputes
- Germany: https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete
- Italy: https://www.camera.it/leg19/28
- Spain: https://www.congreso.es/es/web/guest/busqueda-de-diputados
- Netherlands: https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden_en_commissies/alle_kamerleden
- Belgium: https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=depute&language=nl
- Poland: https://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm10.nsf/poslowie.xsp
- Sweden: https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-och-partier/ledamoterna/
- Denmark: https://www.ft.dk/da/medlemmer/medlemmernes-kontaktoplysninger
- Portugal: https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Deputados.aspx
- Austria: https://www.parlament.gv.at/recherchieren/personen/nationalrat/
- Finland: https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Pages/default.aspx
- Greece: https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/Vouleftes/Stoicheia-Epikoinonias-Voulefton/
- Non-EU:
- EU Members:
- Asia:
- Japan: https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_annai.nsf/html/statics/syu/1giin.htm
- South Korea: https://www.assembly.go.kr/portal/cnts/cntsCont/dataA.do?cntsDivCd=NAAS&menuNo=600137
- India: https://sansad.in/ls/members
- Taiwan: https://www.ly.gov.tw/Pages/List.aspx?nodeid=109
- Singapore: https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps
- Philippines: https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/
- Indonesia: https://www.dpr.go.id/anggota/index
- Pakistan: https://www.na.gov.pk/ur/members.php
- Bangladesh: https://www.parliament.gov.bd/members/list-of-members
- Malaysia: https://www.parlimen.gov.my/ahli-dewan.html?uweb=dr
- Thailand: https://www.parliament.go.th/ewtadmin/ewt/parliament_parcy/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=144
- Latin America:
- Brazil: https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados
- Mexico: https://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXVI_leg/info_diputados.php
- Argentina: https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/diputados/
- Chile: https://www.camara.cl/diputados/diputados.aspx
- Colombia: https://www.camara.gov.co/representantes
- Peru: https://www.congreso.gob.pe/organizacion/organizacion-parlamentaria/congresistas-por-distrito-electoral/
- Africa:
- South Africa: https://www.parliament.gov.za/have-your-say
- Kenya: https://www.parliament.go.ke/the-national-assembly/mps
- Nigeria: https://www.nass.gov.ng/house/member
- Ghana: https://www.parliament.gh/members
- Tanzania: https://www.parliament.go.tz/parliament_member
- Ethiopia: http://www.hopr.gov.et/ (no member page)
- Morocco: https://www.chambredesrepresentants.ma/ar/دليل-أعضاء-مجلس-النواب/2021-2026
- Middle East:
- Israel: https://knesset.gov.il/mk/heb/mkindex_current_heb.asp
- Jordan: https://representatives.jo/ (no members page)
- Kuwait: https://www.kna.kw/Member/KnaMember/2/1
- Caribbean:
- Jamaica: https://japarliament.gov.jm/index.php/members-of-parliament
- Trinidad and Tobago: https://www.ttparliament.org/members/
- Central America:
- Costa Rica: https://www.asamblea.go.cr/diputados
- Guatemala: https://www.congreso.gob.gt/diputado/
📄 This list is not exhaustive, but it is an attempt to at least centralize some information in an easily readable and shareable document.
🤖 This list was written with AI assistance. While AI did participate in its creation, the contents were reviewed and verified by a human.