Digital Futures Lab
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Digital Futures Lab is a multidisciplinary research collective that examines the complex interaction between technology and society in the global south.
Goa, India
Joined October 2021
#NewProject | What does #GenAI mean for India's future?. We explore GenAI futures through trend research, expert workshops, public stories & comics co-created w artists. Check it out: Supported by @RNP_Foundation. @helloQS @urvashi_aneja @SashaEmJay
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Together, they ask: Can we build new funding models grounded in commons, not just capital?. Catch this and earlier episodes—from AI + biodiversity to conservation tech and beyond. 🔗 Full episode & archive → .#climateTech #ClimateFinance #TechPolicy.
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1/ Luis Felipe speaks on why good environmental data starts with local instruments + long-term community trust. 2/ @Hanyuan_W of @ClimindTech on using GenAI for real-time ESG insights—if you clean + segment your data right.
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Finale episode of the #CodeGreen podcast is here! 🎧 Ep09: 'Funding & Framing Asia’s Climate Futures': What happens when climate innovation is driven by long-term impact, not short-term ROI?. 🧵 Highlights below ⬇️.
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Symposium panelists: @kalikabali @SaurabhKarn16 @nehakumar. 2024 Fellows: @Agami_In @questalliance @haqdarshak @DEFindia @MynaMahila @armmanindia @videovolunteers @povmumbai @SNEHAmumbai @AvantiFellows @UNICEFinnovate @artparkindia @CMHLPIndia @digitalgreenorg. #ResponsibleAI.
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If you’re working at the intersection of technology and development, whether as an NGO leader, researcher, or builder, we invite you to explore what we’re building. Start here:
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Here’s what came out of the first cohort:.💡Deep insights from expert lectures: 📘A hands-on 'Practice Playbook on Responsible AI', grounded in lived contexts 🧭 A growing network shaping the future of AI for public good.
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Over several months, 14 of India’s leading social impact organisations worked alongside technologists, researchers, and policymakers to explore how AI can be made accountable, equitable, and context-aware, especially in high-stakes, low-resource settings.
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What does it take to build Responsible AI in the real world, not just in theory? In late 2024, we hosted the #ResponsibleAI Symposium at @MAPBangalore, marking the culmination of our inaugural Responsible AI Fellowship. Watch a glimpse of the Symposium:
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🔗 Read the comics & open call stories: .🔗 Read why foresight matter: .👀 Next comic drops next week. Follow along. @urvashi_aneja @SashaEmJay @Harleen_arora . #HumanInTheLoop #SpeculativeStorytelling #GenerativeAI #Foresight.
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These provocations ask what futures we are building, and what we’re failing to anticipate. Second- and third-order effects matter. Foresight matters.
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We also spotlight 4 public open-call stories that explore GenAI’s ripple effects:.🌃 Rewilding the Night – Kalyani Tupkary & Alija Blackwell.🛕 GenAI is the New Godman – Sarah Masud.🏝 The Year 2069, Goa – Sheela Jaywant.🍼 The SuperMom Effect – Jivtesh Singh
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Through participatory foresight & research-based stories, we ask: What futures are we building and what are we not seeing in the process? And we imagine worlds where:.👨🌾 Farmers become viral dance stars, not by choice.🩺 Health workers use old tech to centre care
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What happens when AI tools prioritise efficiency or profit without care? How can GenAI quietly reshape India’s social fabric?. In Human in the Loop, we explore the near-future risks of today's tech choices through comics, public imagination, and participatory foresight. 🧵
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🚨 Nominations Open!. @urvashi_aneja is a juror for the 2nd #JustAIAwards that celebrate ethical, inclusive & impactful AI for social good across Asia-Pacific. @DEFindia. 💡 If you're building AI for healthcare, education, env or governance—apply now!. 🔗
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We turn the mic back to you. 💬. What unintended consequences do you imagine? Submit your scenario and shape the conversation. 📣 Open call here: #GenerativeAI #Foresight #TechFutures #HumanInTheLoop #ResponsibleAI.
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These visions are part of Human in the Loop, our participatory foresight + storytelling project examining the near-term risks of GenAI in India. Because tech choices today shape the futures we all live in.
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We also spotlight 5 open call stories imagining risks of GenAI:.⚠️ Inclusion → Cultural homogenisation.⚠️ Profit → Loss of memory + tradition.⚠️ AI vision → Loss of agency.⚠️ Proving humanity to AI assistants.⚠️ Design bias → Systemic injustice. 🔗
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The Wandering Healer imagines a future where a community health worker repurposes a discarded medical robot to offer a more human-centred, AI-enabled alternative when a new GenAI tool increases her workload and strains patient relationships. 🔗
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What are we willing to sacrifice in the name of AI-driven efficiency?. What happens when tools built to help… hollow out what makes us human?. 🧵 A new story + 5 public visions from Human in the Loop—a thread:. @RNP_Foundation @urvashi_aneja @naj396 @helloQS.
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