AI workshops for nonprofits and community organisations
See Dr Duignan’s media comment on chatbots and AI. Impacts on politics, education, jobs, government and society.
Nonprofits and community groups
Those that ‘understand the significance of this change - and act on it first - will be at a considerable advantage’ Ethan Mollick, HBR.
Navigating the Botworld™ Using Chatbots and AI To Reinvent Community - a one-hour presentation (or more extended workshop) covering the areas of impact that AI chatbots will have on communities. In addition to the risks associated with chatbots and AI, they present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for communities to grasp these new tools for community innovation. The overall impact of chatbots and AI on society depends on whether prosocial actors, such as nonprofits, community groups and communities, organise around preventing social harm that may result from their introduction. Equally important is for community organisations and communities to rapidly explore the wide-ranging potential for using chatbots and AI for prosocial purposes. In this workshop, we will discuss the 14 areas of impact of chatbots and AI that we have identified. We will also look at a vision for communities seizing the opportunities that chatbots and AI present to build community, work on inequality and use them to help community members get access increased access to knowledge and information.
Feedback from Learning to Love the Bot™ Workshops by Dr Paul Duignan
'Excellent.'
’I like that the presentation leads to a lot of thinking about impacts of AI and how we can handle/embrace it.'
'Very interesting presentation. This was a great introduction to raise awareness about ChatGPT and how fast it is growing, and its implications (thinking about policies, psychological effects).’
’So interesting. Super fast and full of interesting insights.'
'In such a short time, there was so much - thank you".
’A great intro to chatbots - super interesting - there's a lot to process!'
’Great, learnt a lot, going to investigate now, but I am a bit freaked out.'
So much information delivered in easily digestible, relevant chunks.'
Dr Paul Duignan’s experience in Technology impact
Paul is a Clinical and Community Psychologist. He has extensive experience in community action and community development in a health promotion context. He has also been a researcher on the impact of new technology, involved in discussions regarding the effects of new technologies such as the introduction of electronic barcoding into NZ, involved in national IT workforce planning discussions, involved in presentations, training and promotion of the use of the internet and web to groups in the health and community sector and groups such as the NZ Institute of Directors. Paul did strategy work on how the NZ government should move to more digital interaction with citizens and undertook work for the Royal Society of NZ on public consultation regarding the management of technological risk. He was involved in setting up a system of Access Grids in NZ universities (early multimedia internet-connected hubs for research on the NZ KAREN academic network) and ran a startup developing award-winning strategy visualisation software. Wider experience includes: facilitating strategy work across all sectors. He was the director of the Labour Research Unit at the NZ Parliament. He has also been a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Urban Institute in Washington D.C. In addition, Paul has undertaken consulting work internationally, for instance, with international organisations such as the IMF.