Amanda Ngo, Chiara Gerosa, Jelena Luketina, Mingzhu He

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DALL-E 3 is a GenAI tool by OpenAI.

The Flourishing Foundation is an independent innovation lab that tackles the question: can AI make us happier? Their mission is to ensure that powerful new technologies like AI benefit humanity and the planet.

This interdisciplinary group of scientists, designers, engineers, and artists believe technology should strengthen our connections - to ourselves, each other, and the natural world. They advocate for "life-giving" economic systems, arguing that deploying AI within current economic structures won't necessarily improve well-being.

The Flourishing Foundation takes a systems-thinking and life-centric design approach. Here's how:

1. Operationalize Research: Translate interdisciplinary research into knowledge frameworks that better guide conscious technology creation: e.g. alternative well-being based success metric for consumer tech products and services other than “engagement”.
2. Incubate Products: Provide holistic and hands-on support for innovators to design and run experiments with a focus on conscious/humane use of transformative technologies: e.g. AI-enabled solutions for elderly care and family connection.

3. Build Movement: Build awareness by mobilizing innovator communities to channel their creative energy towards conscious tech creation: e.g. weekly meetups, quarterly build days, and symposiums.

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