AI for Authentic Inclusion

Understand, utilize, influence – AI to support organizations

Artificial Intelligence and Genuine Participation is a two-year project co-funded by the European Union in the Pirkanmaa and Southwest Finland regions. Humak’s role in the project is to evaluate competence development, train professionals, and facilitate co-development processes.

AI literacy is a new civic skill. The EU has made the AI Act, which is the world’s first law concerning artificial intelligence. The law, for example, requires every organization to guarantee sufficient AI literacy skills and competence in artificial intelligence for their personnel.

The project promotes the competence of non-profit sector professionals in organizations from the perspective of AI use. The goal is for professionals to be able to utilize the opportunities offered by AI in planning and implementing their own work, as well as to guide their clients in situations related to AI. The project strengthens the AI literacy competence, understanding of operating principles, and AI technology usage skills of persons in vulnerable positions participating in organizations’ activities.

Objectives

– To promote persons in vulnerable positions’ understanding of artificial intelligence, strengthen AI literacy, and increase participation in society. To strengthen capabilities to utilize AI as a tool for managing everyday life and promoting functional capacity.

– To increase the courage and competence of guidance professionals working in non-profit organizations to utilize AI applications in work with vulnerable persons.

– To integrate AI into non-profit organizations’ work processes. This improves organizations’ efficiency, impact, and accessibility of services.

– To create AI recommendations for non-profit organizations’ use. The implementation of AI recommendations brings added value to work and functional capacity enhancing services and activities used in organizations.