Start Tinkering, Before Building – Early Lessons from Ashoka's AI Lab: How to Prototype Your Way to Impact

Odin Mühlenbein; Daniela Matielo

Start Tinkering, Before Building – Early Lessons from Ashoka's AI Lab

How to Prototype Your Way to Impact

Authors

Odin Mühlenbein Co-founder, Ashoka AI Lab
Daniela Matielo Co-founder, Ashoka AI Lab

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, AI ethics, Sandbox, AI Literacy, Data Management,, AI Governance, Prototype

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents enormous opportunities for social innovators to create impact. The AI Lab is a team that explores these opportunities at Ashoka, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs. The team was founded three months ago. In this article, we share our thoughts, our first steps, and some lessons learned along the way.

Author Biographies

Odin Mühlenbein, Co-founder, Ashoka AI Lab

Odin Mühlenbein is a Partner at Ashoka Germany and the Co-Lead of Ashoka’s AI Lab. Odin worked at McKinsey & Company and co-founded three social ventures. He studied in Munich, Oxford, and Cambridge and holds degrees in Philosophy, Logic, and Political Sciences.

Daniela Matielo, Co-founder, Ashoka AI Lab

Dani Matielo has been working in the field of technology and social change for more than 20 years – having coded, led and co-founded several tech-enabled initiatives to increase access to knowledge, social capital and civic participation. At Ashoka since 2011, she co-leads Ashoka’s AI Lab and leads the Changemakers.com program, which leverages open social innovation and online learning to illuminate and inspire changemakers from all around the world.

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Published

2024-01-18

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Mühlenbein, O., & Matielo, D. (2024). Start Tinkering, Before Building – Early Lessons from Ashoka’s AI Lab: How to Prototype Your Way to Impact. Social Innovations Journal, 23. Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7104

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Issue

Vol. 23 (2024): Social Entrepreneurs Leveraging and Shaping Artificial Intelligence

Section

Tools to Advance Your Social and Community Innovation Practice

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