The document discusses the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in driving societal change towards sustainability, emphasizing the importance of responsible innovation and collaboration. It outlines key factors for making AI beneficial, including decision-making tools, transparency, accountability, and democratization of technology. The Forum for the Future, an independent non-profit, seeks to ensure technology drives positive change for society and the environment.

1. A.I. for systems change!
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Michaela Rose!
Senior Strategist, Technology Catalyst!
Forum for the Future!
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Forum for the Future is an
independent, global non-profit
with a 20 year track record in
driving change towards a
sustainable future.
www.forumforthefuture.org
@forum4thefuture

2. Our vision is for the disruption driven by technology to be
positive for society and the environment - taking our food,
energy and other systems in a sustainable direction. !

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Steady exponential improvements has brought us into the second half
of the chessboard – into a time when what’s come before is no longer
particular reliable guide to what will happen next.” !
Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT, author of The Second Machine Age!

4. Artificial Intelligence!
Blockchain! Automation! Social Media! IoT!

7. “It was not the machine, but what one did with the machine, that was
its meaning or message.” Marshall McLuhan!

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FOOD
ENERGY
SCIENCE
HEALTH

10. How can we make sure we make
society more human through AI?!
What’s needed to make A.I. beneficial for society?!
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• Decision making tools to avoid unintended consequences !
• Frameworks that ensure responsible innovation and code writing practice!
• Legislation and rights that drive transparency !
• Codes to control the code?!
• Effective and shared design and coding standards!
• Accountability and responsibility over A.I. !
• Democratise A.I. technology, knowledge and help people skill up, globally !
• Responsible businesses and best practice !
• A positive narrative around A.I.!
• Collaboration!
• Common, global, basic values and contextual values !
• Diversity!
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11. How can we make humans more human through A.I.?!

12. How can we make humans more human through A.I.?!

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Forum for the Future is an
independent, global non-profit with a
20 year track record in driving change
towards a sustainable future.
www.forumforthefuture.org
@forum4thefuture
Michaela Rose
Senior Strategist, Technology Catalyst
m.rose@forumforthefuture.org
@ela_imagination
www.techforhumanity.co.uk