GenAI for Economic Opportunity: Early Learnings from Philanthropy and Nonprofits

Date

Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024

Time

10:00 am PDT

Location

Virtual

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceEconomic InclusionTechnology

Summary

On August 27, the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN) held a series of panel discussions on how philanthropy and nonprofit organizations throughout the Bay Area are navigating the emergence of generative artificial intelligence in the communities they serve.

As more private and public sector organizations expand their use of genAI tools, there is a growing need to understand how this new technology will impact the economic opportunity of low-income communities. To help meet this need, we organized an exploration of genAI’s potential to address barriers to economic mobility. Showcasing philanthropic and nonprofit organizations leading the effort to leverage genAI to benefit low-income households, this event featured a presentation from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI on the use of genAI in the social impact sector, a panel discussion with philanthropic leaders; and showcased early use cases highlighting genAI’s potential.

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Quick Clips

Nick Arevalo of Tipping Point Community talks about the best practice of working with nonprofit professionals from inception of an idea when developing emerging tech tools for their sector (video, 00:21 minutes).

Deploying AI into our communities is an exciting proposition, but Raffi Krikorian of the Emerson Collective advises us to step back and think how we aspire for them to be used, rather than focusing just on deploying them as quickly as possible (video, 00:31 minutes).

Heejae Lim of Talking Points shares how her team used their company’s mission and unique understanding of their clients’ needs to personalize their technology tools to be culturally relevant and user friendly (video, 01:10 minutes).

“Dream big, but start small,” says Dan Levy of First Place for Youth as he explains how data can guide nonprofits to tackle one simple problem at a time and get some early wins in service of their larger aspirations (video, 00:28 minutes).