Ask
Say who you are and what is in front of you. You will get questions to take to a visit, a huddle, a pitch, or a kitchen table.
You do not need a framework to have a stake. You need a way in that does not drown you.
For I want to understand this
Opening
What, exactly, is being claimed — and which named concern does it sit on?
Is this something that has already happened, or a story about what might?
Who would be first to notice if it were true in our town?
What would it cost us to treat a nuisance as a catastrophe — or the reverse?
Where is a primary source, not a summary of a summary?
Same questions, denser rooms. Go when you are ready — not as a test of seriousness.
What has already happened
MIT × Responsible AI Collaborative
Thousands of reported incidents from the AI Incident Database, classified with MIT's taxonomies and a harm-severity scale. Graphs of what is already in the world, by year, domain, and cause.
Someone says 'that's hypothetical' and you need the public record.
The incident record
Responsible AI Collaborative
A living collection of real-world AI harms, submitted and edited in public. MIT's tracker reads this record. The database is the source; the tracker is a way of seeing it.
You have seen a harm and want it on the public ledger, or you want to search what has already been filed.
Specialist site
MIT FutureTech
A living programme that gathers risks, real incidents, laws, and expert judgement into one place. It is the best public map we have. It is also written for people who already speak this language.
You want the most complete public map of AI risks, and you are willing to sit with density.