How do we ensure AI doesn’t just serve commercial interests but truly advances social good? What if the future of AI wasn’t written in Silicon Valley, but in our own communities?
That’s the vision which Jake Porway, Decoded Future’s entrepreneur-in-residence, laid out in his keynote address at the Robin Hood X Opportunity AI summit earlier this month.
Speaking to a packed crowd, Jake argued that "The social sector is the only sector that can and must solve AI alignment. If you put the nonprofits at the center, then we can define how technology works for us. We can use the same algorithms that Netflix is using to recommend movies to recommend social services. We can go from wondering, ‘Oh my God, how is my life going to change with agents’ and realize, you know what, we actually are the agents of change.”
Want to learn more about how we're putting nonprofits forward as agents of change? Make sure to subscribe to our substack, and reach out decodedfutures@technyc.org if you're a nonprofit or foundation interested in advancing AI for social good.
And don’t miss Nonprofit ENG(INE)’s virtual Demo Day on June 25, for 12-1pm ET, featuring product builds from Planned Parenthood, Mobile Pathways, and more. Afterwards, if you’re inspired to join their next cohort, register for their info session here (June 26, 5pm ET).
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