AI applications focus on morality and ethics-based services
Implications - Brands are putting out artificial intelligence applications that focus specifically on principles of charity, empowerment, and/or helping individuals' personal growth. These emerging innovations and services work to discredit some of the arguments against the development of AI, namely its ability to replace aspects of the human condition, and social or work habits. This shift reveals one of the ways in which AI and human rituals can be compatible, rather than working against each other.
Workshop Question - Can your brand incorporate AI into its offerings or processes, in a way that is compatible with its consumer/employee habits?
Trend Themes
1. Ethical AI Development - Brands are putting out artificial intelligence applications that focus specifically on principles of charity, empowerment, and/or helping individuals' personal growth, leading to more responsible usage of AI.
2. Algorithms in First Aid - Mobilise Rescue System's intelligent first aid kit allows novice bystander to provide emergency treatment with the help of Artificial intelligence, opening an opportunity for algorithmic triage services in emergency healthcare.
3. AI-enabled Diversity and Inclusion - AI-powered applications such as All.ai are tackling gender diversity in the workplace by empowering and encouraging women to speak their minds while reminding men to listen, highlighting the opportunity for more diverse applications in AI-enabled inclusion.
4. AI for Mindfulness - Reflectly Journal, driven by Artificial Intelligence, prompts users to reflect on their day, month, or general life and provide insights into mental state, showcasing the opportunity for more AI-powered mindfulness applications.
5. AI for Social Good - Fei Fang's 'Artificial Intelligence for Social Good' class at Carnegie Mellon University teaches the responsibility inherent in creating AI programming, leading to more socially responsible AI development.
Industry Implications
1. Healthcare - Mobilize Rescue System's First Aid Kit uses algorithms for triage, showcasing opportunities for algorithmic integration in emergency healthcare services.
2. Workplace Diversity and Inclusion - AI-powered applications such as All.ai are tackling gender diversity in the workplace by empowering and encouraging women, highlighting an opportunity for broader AI-enabled diversity and inclusion applications.
3. Journaling and Personal Development - Reflectly Journal, driven by Artificial Intelligence, prompts users to reflect on their lives and mental state, showcasing opportunities for more AI-powered journaling and personal development applications.
