Introduction to the Special Issue: Intersections of Artificial Intelligence and Community Well-Being
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Intersections of Artificial Intelligence and Community Well-Being R. Phillips 1 & L. Musikanski 2 & M. Manson 3 & J. Bradbury 2 & L. Fraizer 4 & B. Rakova 5 & N. DePalma 6 & A. Smart 7 Accepted: 22 October 2020/ # Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Welcome to the Intersections of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Community WellBeing special issue for the International Journal of Community Well-Being. The intent of this special issue is to inform, inspire and aid researchers, academics, practitioners, policy makers and activists in understanding the scope of implications of AI for community well-being. Our underlying mission is to contribute to a present and future where AI contributes to the well-being of communities, humans, and the planet through community-based platforms. There are many challenges in constructing a special issue about an evolving subject and its prevalence as a field of research in academic circles or as a department, goal, or agency in business and government. The impact of AI on community well-being continues to be significant despite the dearth of studies and research on the subject that represents profound impacts on the lives of every human on the planet, our communities, and our ecosystems. We began this special issue before the advent of the pandemic. With its impact on our communities and lives along with growing reliance on technology including AI, we feel a particular need for research and investigation into the intersections of AI and community well-being. For these reasons, we accepted the challenge of forming this special issue. The articles comprising this issue demonstrate the nascent state of collective understanding of the implications of AI on community well-being. They also demonstrate that there is much to learn about the impact of AI regarding engagement, involvement, and preservation of communities and their well-being. Our aims in publishing this special issue are many. Primarily, we hope that academics and practitioners in the fields of community well-being and AI, as well as other areas of research and practice, will use this special issue as a starting point in making connections between these two areas for developing more understanding about challenges and opportunities. Chief Guest Special Issue Editor: Rakova, B. Guest Special Editors: Manson, M., Musikanski, L., Phillips, R., Fraizer, L., Bradbury, J., De Palma, N., Smart, A.
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Making these connections will require interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and crosssector undertakings, given the scale and magnitude of current and potential impact across the planet. The lack of exploration across perspectives as represented in disciplinary studies or siloed approaches will not help move society forward given the inherently inter/trans/cross-disciplinary nature of the challenges at hand. Instead, a systems change approach will be needed to
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