Cornelia C. Walther, University of Pennsylvania

DataDecisionMakers Author

Following two decades with UNICEF and the publication of various books, Cornelia C. Walther is presently a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania working on ProSocial AI.

VentureBeat/Midjourney

Why 'prosocial AI' must be the framework for designing, deploying and governing AI

As AI pervades every sphere of modern life, the central challenge facing business leaders, policymakers and innovators is no longer whether to adopt intelligent systems but how. In a world marked by escalating polarization, resource depletion, eroding trust in institutions and volatile information landscapes, the critical imperative is to engineer AI so that it contributes meaningfully and sustainably to human and planetary well-being.

Cornelia C. Walther, University of Pennsylvania