Resources
Reading and background for the ASA’s AI strategic planning work
These resources informed the Board’s strategic planning process and provide background for anyone engaging with the plan. All sources are freely accessible — no subscriptions required.
The reading repository
The ASA assembled a curated, annotated reading repository organized around three questions the Board needed to answer: what does AI mean for the statistics profession; how should a nonprofit board govern AI; and what is AI actually doing in the broader landscape.
ASA Board AI Strategy Reading Repository
Annotated sources with direct links, organized by section. Includes the HDSR Fireside Conversation, Jordan, Donoho, Yu, McKinsey governance frameworks, the Stanford AI Index, and more. No login required.
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Key sources
Statistics and AI: A Fireside Conversation
Lin, Cai, Donoho, Yu, Meng et al. — Harvard Data Science Review, Spring 2025. The most comprehensive collective statement from the statistics profession on AI. Free PDF.
Read at HDSR →
Artificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
Michael I. Jordan — Harvard Data Science Review, 2019. The definitive statistician's perspective on what AI hype obscures and what statistical rigor uniquely provides.
Read at HDSR →
An Overview of Large Language Models for Statisticians
Jordan et al. — arXiv, February 2025. Maps exactly where statisticians should be contributing to LLM development: uncertainty quantification, interpretability, fairness, privacy, and model adaptation.
Read on arXiv →
Veridical Data Science
Bin Yu — MIT Press, 2024. Free online. Yu's PCS framework — the most developed affirmative answer to what statistics uniquely contributes to trustworthy AI.
Free at vdsbook.com →
ASA context
ASA Statement on the Role of Statistics in Data Science and AI (2023)
The ASA's foundational public statement on statistics' role in the AI era — the starting point for the Board's strategic planning work.
Read the statement →
From Awareness to Action: The ASA's Strategic Planning on AI
Jeri Mulrow, ASA President — Amstat News, 2026. The column that introduced the draft plan to the ASA community and described the Board's strategic planning process.
Read in Amstat News →
Additional resources will be added as the strategic plan develops. To suggest a source, contact Donna LaLonde.