Adopting an integrated perspective from governments, providers and users, and combining value concepts, information elements and practice orientation, this book proposes an innovative analytical framework for assessing the social impact of AI applications: Society-Management-Application-Result-Technology (SMART). On the basis of this framework, it further puts forward the the "1-3-5 Meta-Indicator System". This system evaluates a specific artificial intelligence technology from the perspectives of three key stakeholders—regulators, suppliers, and users—and establishes evaluation metrics across five dimensions: performance, efficiency, usage, regulation, and impact.

Additionally, the book explores the social implications of these technologies through four representative scenarios in the digital transformation of megacities, such as AI-assisted medical diagnosis and facial recognition, offering case studies to inform policy-making.

WANG Youqiang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. He also serves as the Director of the Shanghai Tsinghua International Innovation Center and the Director of the China Public Leadership Research Center at Tsinghua University.