Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact
Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, MMH

AI for Humanity Originator, Author & Platform Architect | Board Member, ASFAI

Executive AI Advisor & Educator | Inaugural Member, Gamma Gambassador Council

Aaron Poynton, PhD

AI for Humanity Executive Sponsor and Author | Co-Founder and Executive Director, American Society for AI

Chief Revenue Officer & CEO AGI Security, Applied General Intelligence


Alex Khalin, MBA

AI for Humanity Author | Distinguished Member, ASFAI

Chief Financial Officer, Blue Water Institute

Ed Addison, PhD

AI for Humanity Author | Emeritus Board Member, ASFAI

Professor of the Practice, NC State University | AI Startup Advisor, Board Member and/or Investor


Manas Talukdar

AI for Humanity Author | Distinguished Member, ASFAI

Vice President of Engineering at Pryon, an Enterprise AI startup


Matthew Guggemos, MS

AI for Humanity Author and AI for Humanity Author and Platform Co-Developer | Board Member, ASFAI

Co-Founder and CEO, iTherapy, LLC

Zaheer Ali, PhD

AI for Humanity Author | Distinguished Member, ASFAI

Program Director of the Space MBA and Professor of Space Commercialization and Strategy


Dilara

Aspiring Dramatist and Scientist

Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, MMH

AI for Humanity Originator, Author & Platform Architect | Board Member, ASFAI

Executive AI Advisor & Educator | Inaugural Member, Gamma Gambassador Council

What We'll Explore Together Tonight
Welcome, context, and an overview of the evening.
  • The American Society for AI's role in shaping a better future with AI.
  • Why AI for Humanity, why now, and how Gamma serves as our storytelling foundation.
  • A live panel and cross-generational demo inside our Gamma hub.
  • Q&A with Amanda Rothbard from Gamma, followed by an optional build-along.
Aaron Poynton, PhD

AI for Humanity Executive Sponsor and Author | Co-Founder and Executive Director, American Society for AI

Chief Revenue Officer & CEO AGI Security, Applied General Intelligence

The American Society for Aritificial Intelligence (ASFAI)
Bringing leaders together to help shape a better future with AI.
  • ASFAI convenes prominent leaders to discuss and help shape the future of AI.
  • Our mission is to advance and create a better world with AI.
  • Through private, highly curated gatherings, we create space for thoughtful dialogue, collaboration, and insight.
  • Our goal is to help leaders navigate what is next and apply AI in ways that create positive impact.
Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, MMH

AI for Humanity Originator, Author & Platform Architect | Board Member, ASFAI

Executive AI Advisor & Educator | Inaugural Member, Gamma Gambassador Council

Why AI for Humanity, Why Now.
A human-centered response to one of the defining questions of our time.
  • AI should not be shaped only by what is technically possible.
  • It must also be guided by ethics, usefulness, and human dignity.
  • AI for Humanity was built as a living platform for learning, dialogue, and impact.
  • We used AI to help tell the story, choosing Gamma as our storytelling hub because the medium is part of the message
Explore the AI for Humanity Platform
A living, navigable hub for human-centered AI learning, dialogue, and action.

Navigate the Platform: Home Page | Four Parts: Ethics, Education, Policy, Finance

Our Journey So Far
How AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact evolved from a February 2025 proposal into a global, multi-author living platform.
  • From proposal to global platform in 11 months, combining individual expertise, collective insights and intelligence, and AI-powered amplification.
  • 40-plus contributing authors across ethics, education, policy, finance, technology, and innovation.
  • Version 0 launched at Davos 2026, after which we obtained feedback that helped shape Version 1 launching tonight.
  • The living platform is already being used at NYU, John Carroll University, CSU East Bay, and in executive learning environments.
AI for Humanity is for You
Designed for leaders, learners, and communities navigating AI in the real-world.

AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact was built to help more people engage AI with confidence, context, and purpose across sectors, generations, levels of experience, and geographies.

Leader

Lead what’s next

For policymakers, executives, founders, and decision-makers shaping systems, strategy, and public trust.

Professional

Adapt and thrive

For professionals navigating change, automation, innovation, and the need for continuous learning.

Student & Educator

Learn and prepare

For students, faculty, and lifelong learners building the knowledge, judgment, and skills needed in an AI-powered world.

Community & Family

Understand and participate

For families and communities seeking clarity, shared language, and practical ways to engage AI in daily life.

That is why accessibility matters: the same platform should help a leader navigate strategy, a teacher support learning, and a child begin to understand the world being shaped around them.

What Lives Inside the Gamma Hub
Gamma is the storytelling foundation connecting the anthology to interactive, conversational, and fixed-format experiences.

NotebookLM + Echo:

Interactive, multilingual exploration based on AI for Humanity content.

Chat, question, and customize your path.

AskHumans:

A conversational AI study capturing your voice to shape future chapters and experiences.

Podcast, music, and story creation:

Additional AI-powered ways to learn, reflect, and share.


Anthology chapter pages:

Fixed-format access for readers who prefer a traditional experience.

Gamma hub: where AI for Humanity becomes an interactive, navigable experience.

Human-Centered AI in Practice
A cross-sector conversation on relational intelligence, workforce transformation, investment and innovation, trust and security, and the future of space.

Moderated by

Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, MMH


Matthew Guggemos, MS

Want to go deeper? Click the chapter links below each speaker’s headshot to explore their ideas.


Collaborative Exchange

Questions, reflections, and perspectives welcome.
Human-Centered AI Across Generations
A live co-creation with Liz and Dilara showing how AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact can make complex ideas more accessible, personal, and participatory
Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, MMH

AI for Humanity Originator, Author & Platform Architect | Board Member, ASFAI

Executive AI Advisor & Educator | Inaugural Member, Gamma Gambassador Council

Dilara

Aspiring Dramatist and Scientist

Reimagining the Story for a New Audience

Starting with AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact, Dilara uses the chapter, the AI for Humanity NotebookLM, and Gamma to create a version of the story that is more accessible to her friends.

Finance Part + Chapter Preview

Open Chapter →

AI for Humanity NotebookLM
Story Creation
Dilara's Space Story

A live demonstration of human creativity amplified by AI

Dilara took a chapter about AI in space exploration and transformed it into a children's story using NotebookLM and Gamma. What you see here is curiosity, imagination, and AI working together in real time.

Finance Part + Chapter Preview

Open Chapter →

AI for Humanity NotebookLM
Read Dilara's‎ Space Story

Open Story →


What Accessibility Makes Possible
Designed for leaders, learners, and communities navigating AI in the real world.

Multilingual and multigenerational access means the same platform can serve a corporate leader, a graduate student, a child, and a parent exploring AI together across the globe.

Student & Educator

Explore complex ideas more easily

Students and teachers can use this approach to make difficult concepts more understandable, engaging, and discussable.

Professional

Share expertise more clearly

Teams can translate specialized knowledge into formats that work across roles, functions, and levels of experience.

Leader

Extend strategy across audiences

Leaders can make policy, innovation, and strategic thinking more accessible inside organizations and across stakeholders.

Community & Family

Create stronger entry points

Families and everyday communities can access clearer explanations and shared language for more confident participation.

Accessibility is not a simplification of the story. It is an expansion of who gets to enter it.

Join the Movement: Built by Humans with AI, About AI, For Humanity
AI for Humanity: Human-Centered Strategies for Innovation and Impact is not just a platform. It is a movement.

Share your voice in the AskHumans Conversational AI Study. Your insights will help shape future chapters, tools, and experiences to keep this platform truly human-centered.

How it works

This is a short, conversational AI experience. You can speak or type your answers, and the system will respond in real time like a guided dialogue.

You will be asked four short, open-ended questions on topics including:

  1. What excites and concerns you most about AI
  1. What resources would be most useful to you
  1. What advice or support you would value
  1. What kind of collaboration or partnership could make a difference

Access the study by scanning the QR code or using this link

Thank You for Building With Us

Thank you for showing up, bringing your voice, and helping demonstrate what becomes possible when human insight, shared wisdom, and AI come together in service of humanity.

May this experience create a ripple of understanding, action, and exponential impact in the work you carry forward.


Access the page by scanning the QR code or visiting: aiforhumanity.io/gamma-experience


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