TY - CHAP
T1 - The cooperative governance of Artificial Intelligence
T2 - The case of READ-COOP's Transkribus platform
AU - Mannan, Morshed
AU - Pek, Simon
AU - Papadimitropoulos, Vangelis
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - In light of the increased usage of artificial intelligence (AI), and a growing appreciation of its potential harms, there is a growing interest in investigating how alternative approaches to organizational ownership and governance may support the responsible development and use of AI. Cooperatives, in particular, have significant potential in this regard given their democratic ownership and governance. While limited research has been conducted to date at the nexus of cooperatives and AI, we lack an in-depth understanding of the role of cooperatives in governing AI systems as commons. Drawing on archival data, public communications, and published research, we analyze the case of READ-COOP’s Transkribus platform and its automated text recognition (ATR) models as a cultural commons. We use Elinor Ostrom’s eight principles of governing commons to suggest governance design principles for both Transkribus and future cooperatives seeking to run AI systems in a more responsible manner.
AB - In light of the increased usage of artificial intelligence (AI), and a growing appreciation of its potential harms, there is a growing interest in investigating how alternative approaches to organizational ownership and governance may support the responsible development and use of AI. Cooperatives, in particular, have significant potential in this regard given their democratic ownership and governance. While limited research has been conducted to date at the nexus of cooperatives and AI, we lack an in-depth understanding of the role of cooperatives in governing AI systems as commons. Drawing on archival data, public communications, and published research, we analyze the case of READ-COOP’s Transkribus platform and its automated text recognition (ATR) models as a cultural commons. We use Elinor Ostrom’s eight principles of governing commons to suggest governance design principles for both Transkribus and future cooperatives seeking to run AI systems in a more responsible manner.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Global-Cooperative-Economics-and-Movements-A-Research-Companion/Warren-Ogunyemi-Guerreschi-Szulc/p/book/9781032875859
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781032875859
T3 - Routledge Research Companions in Business and Economics
BT - Global Cooperative Economics and Movements
A2 - Warren, Jerome Nikolai
A2 - Ogunyemi, Kemi
A2 - Guerreschi, Asia
A2 - Szulc, Maciej
PB - Routledge
ER -