AI for Good is the United Nations’ leading global action-oriented digital platform promoting AI to advance health, climate, gender, inclusive prosperity, sustainable infrastructure, and other global development priorities.
The platform’s Neural Network enables thousands of AI innovators and problem owners - from across the globe - to learn, build and connect to help identify practical AI solutions to advance the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Through the platform’s Innovation Factory, over 1,000 startups from over 80 different countries have pitched their AI for Good propositions.
The AI for Good Global Summit will run this week in Geneva, this year with an additional day at the start wholly focused on AI Governance: Responsible Businesses and Organisations discussing the opportunities, challenges, stakeholders, industry standards and regulatory imperatives required to ensure the responsible application of AI for the benefit of society. This is Responsible Business Intelligence in action.
A recent example of an AI for Good innovation from the Innovation Factory is Stemuli - an AI-powered gaming platform that redefines education and continuous learning through immersive experiences and personalised pathways. The company helps individuals discover careers, learn skills, and have fun with their peers in an engaging, equitable and accessible educational landscape.
Stemuli, and other leading AI education innovators like 42 London, LIS: The London Interdisciplinary School and Dexter Simms' Black Tech Divisions, are blowing apart the concern that AI and Gaming are simply a hinderance to education. In many ways, it is current educational and classroom ‘best practices’ that are outdated and sub-optimal for large segments of society – resulting in untapped talent and reduced diversity in the workforce.
By leveraging cutting-edge technology, AI education innovators are enhancing educational access and quality, particularly for underserved communities, unlocking lifelong learning opportunities and fostering economic empowerment. By aligning educational pathways with emerging job market demands, such as digital skills, unemployment rates can be reduced and sustainable economic growth can be delivered.
Another recent AI for Good innovation is Wandercraft , one of the many AI health innovators collectively improving millions of people’s lives around the world.
Wandercraft’s walking robot technologies operate at the intersection of best-in-class robotics powered by the latest AI, meaning even the most complex patients can stand-up, walk, balance independently, and navigate their homes and their communities autonomously.
Wandercraft’s exoskeletons provide hope for the many patients who could use them. In the US alone, this includes more than 795,000 people who suffer from a stroke each year, over 300,000 people who have experienced a traumatic spinal cord injury, and approximately one million people living with multiple sclerosis.
There are certainly significant threats to society if we get AI advancement wrong and, without doubt, AI is also already delivering significant benefit to society. As individuals, citizens and employees, the more we can be informed and can engage on these risks and opportunities, the greater the influence we can have on ensuring our businesses and organisations are empowered by AI for Good in the future.
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