See Dr Duignan’s media comment on chatbots and AI. Impacts on politics, education, jobs, government and society.

Boards and Management

Those that ‘understand the significance of this change - and act on it first - will be at a considerable advantage’ Ethan Mollick, HBR.

Learning to Love the Bot™ Strategic Challenges of AI and Chatbots For Boards and Management - a one-hour presentation, or more extended workshop, to spark in-depth board or management strategic conversations about the challenges that AI and chatbots now present. Tech companies are obviously hyping the numerous positive opportunities of AI. But boards and management also need to grapple with the fact that AI may massively disrupt, and in some cases virtually eliminate, certain types of business models. Boards and management are already working on leveraging AI within their current operations. But they also need to focus on how AI will transform their current markets and whether AI may reduce or eliminate their customer base sooner rather than later. We have identified 14 ways in which AI is likely to impact on society, and boards and management need to understand the social trends and reactions that maybe unleashed by the AI chatbots revolution.

Schools and Educational Institutions

Learning to Love the Bot™ What Chatbots Mean For Education - a one-hour presentation (or more extended workshop) covering the 7 specific areas that schools and educational institutions need to be working on now in regard to chatbots and AI. These include: working out what the world is soon going to look like due to the rapid adoption of AI chatbots, understanding the implications for what students are taught, dealing with immediate assessment issues, thinking about the psychological impact on students and teachers, teaching teachers how to use chatbots for working more efficiently, and identifying which, at least interim, policies educational institutions should be developing now. Contact us now about setting up a presentation or workshop.

government agencies

Learning to Love the Bot™ What Chatbots Mean For Your Agency - a one-hour presentation (or more extended workshop) covering the 14 areas of impact that AI chatbots will have that government agencies need to be thinking about now. The focus is on the broad implications for your organisation, your customers or clients, your staff, the impact on your strategic positioning as an agency, and for society as a whole. AI chatbots are about to transform the economic, social landscape and political landscape; your agency needs to be thinking urgently about how to quickly adapt to the new AI chatbot-saturated world. We will also cover interesting possibilities arising from using AI chatbots to empower government clients and communities. This technology is changing rapidly month by month, and your organisation needs to be ready.

Nonprofits and community groups

Learning to Love the Bot™ 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.

'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.'