Open Scan on Oct 23rd: Futures of Generative AI
Join Creative Futures on October 23rd to explore the futures of generative AI, and what it could mean for cities.
Generative AI (artificial intelligence that uses prompts to create text, images, videos, or other data using generative models) has taken the world by storm. In 2023, it was estimated that 1 in 4 workers in Canada were already using OpenAI’s generative AI tool, ChatGPT, which was only launched in 2022. While some governments have opted to ban or limit the use of generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, cities across the globe have been exploring innovative applications from chatbots to self-driving vehicles.
Looking ahead to 2040, what might generative AI mean for cities? How might municipal services, programs, and resident needs evolve? Join us to explore these questions with municipal innovators from across Canada.
Please note: This session is highly interactive and not a webinar.
What is Open Scan?
Open Scan is a virtual gathering of Canadian municipal* innovators who are interested in applying their strategic foresight knowledge and learning with peers.
At each session, Creative Futures shares the latest emerging trends, and facilitates a series of foresight activities to explore long-term implications.
This is a highly participatory session, not a webinar. At each session expect to:
Learn about the latest emerging changes that may impact the municipal context;
Discuss implications of emerging changes with fellow foresight practitioners; and,
Join a broader group of municipal innovators and foresight practitioners to learn from each other and support your work.
*Open Scan is designed for municipal innovators, from government, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations, who have some knowledge of strategic foresight. However, it is open to everyone.
About Creative Futures
Creative Futures helps municipal, post-secondary, health care, nonprofit, and socially-minded leaders plan and prepare for their futures. Using applied futures research, we help organizations navigate complexity and embrace uncertainty, arming them with the tools to think beyond present-day issues and imagine, plan, and prepare for multiple potential futures.
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