Dagstuhl-Seminar — AI for Social Good

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have made impressive strides in the last decade and – especially in the eyes of the general public – even in the last months, with innovations that have entered the daily life of billions of people. Given the magnitude of the impact of AI, the social good should not be an afterthought: market forces alone may not guarantee that these technologies benefit everyone. Instead, we believe that AI should empower those already championing humanitarian and development causes. In order to accelerate adoption of AI methods where their impact on the social good is largest, we propose to bring together non-governmental organizations working in international development and on humanitarian issues, with AI technical experts (academics, researchers, data scientists, engineers). Primary objectives of this Dagstuhl Seminar are to establish partnerships and build trust, to iterate on concrete problems in a hands-on hackathon, and to demonstrate what is feasible today via case studies.