Numerous parties are calling for the democratisation of AI, but the phrase is
used to refer to a variety of goals, the pursuit of which sometimes conflict.
This paper identifies four kinds of AI democratisation that are commonly
discussed: (1) the democratisation of AI use, (2) the democratisation of AI
development, (3) the democratisation of AI profits, and (4) the democratisation
of AI governance. Numerous goals and methods of achieving each form of
democratisation are discussed. The main takeaway from this paper is that AI
democratisation is a multifarious and sometimes conflicting concept that should
not be conflated with improving AI accessibility. If we want to move beyond
ambiguous commitments to democratising AI, to productive discussions of
concrete policies and trade-offs, then we need to recognise the principal role
of the democratisation of AI governance in navigating tradeoffs and risks
across decisions around use, development, and profits.

本文研究了 AI 民主化的四种形式：AI 使用的民主化、AI 开发的民主化、AI 利润的民主化和 AI 治理的民主化，强调了 AI 民主化是一个多方面的、有时冲突的概念，应该将其与提高 AI 可访问性区分开来，并认识到 AI 治理的民主化在决策中起着主要作用。