{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Disruptors for GOOD | Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises","title":"Andrew Sweet, VP of Innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation + New Show Announcement: Intelligence for GOOD ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2341,"description":"This is the first episode of our new show Intelligence for GOOD. Subscribe here on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.In the inaugural episode of Intelligence for GOOD, I sit down with Andrew Sweet, Vice President of Innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation, to explore how AI is already being used to solve real-world challenges in agriculture, education, healthcare, workforce development, and public services.Andrew brings a unique perspective to the conversation. From serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo and a presidential appointee at USAID, to leading global COVID-19 initiatives at The Rockefeller Foundation, his career has focused on tackling complex challenges at scale.The discussion also explores Rockefeller's remarkable connection to the origins of artificial intelligence. In 1955, the Foundation funded the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, the gathering where the term \"artificial intelligence\" was first coined and the modern AI field was born.Today, nearly seventy years later, Rockefeller is helping shape how AI can be deployed for public benefit around the world.In This EpisodeThe untold history of The Rockefeller Foundation's role in the birth of artificial intelligenceHow AI is helping millions of smallholder farmers improve crop yields and livelihoodsWhy developing countries often have a more optimistic view of AI than the United StatesThe growing importance of AI sovereignty and locally owned AI infrastructureHow AI can expand access to public benefits and government servicesWhy AI literacy should become a core part of educationThe rise of solo entrepreneurs building businesses with AI toolsHow states like Maryland and West Virginia are preparing citizens for an AI-driven economyThe role philanthropy can play in ensuring AI benefits everyone, not just a small group of technology companiesWhy Andrew believes AI can help reduce inequality rather than increase itKey TakeawaysAI is already creating measurable social impact.From...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CMjNZSE9-K1JHNGSgWvPa6AJ4pONoFgGpZ_VdP2tKuY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYmNk/ZGY5M2ZlMGFmY2Rl/NDQ3NmU1MmNhMjg0/YWNiZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}