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
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.
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

Your responses are confidential and stored securely.
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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