How to Embrace AI for Enacting Humanitarian Change

Artificial intelligence is one of the heralds of a smarter tech world -- but could it help us be a more compassionate one, as well? The University of Southern California thinks so. Last fall, it christened its Center on Artificial Intelligence in Society, dedicated to deploying AI toward humanitarian ends. In particular, it's aiming toward two social entrepreneurship challenges: the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative from the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. How can AI help these noble projects?