SBIR Phase I: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered platform for evaluating and developing cultural competence and diversity, equity and inclusion awareness

SBIR 第一阶段：人工智能（AI）驱动的平台，用于评估和发展文化能力以及多样性、公平和包容意识

• 批准号: 2303937
• 负责人: Dwayne Cormier
• 金额: $ 27.49万
• 依托单位: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2303937&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Artificial; Intelligence; AI

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focusses on developing culturally-competent, humanlike,m and empathetic artificial intelligence (AI) agents for use within the pre-kindergarten (pre-K)-graduate school educational context. In the broadest sense, cultural competence refers to an organization's or individual's capacity and effectiveness in engaging with individuals from cultural backgrounds different from their own. The proposed innovation seeks to create a new market for social science-inspired AI agents, with significant roles for two Historically Black College or Universities (HBCUs) in the software development. The project’s impact on social advancement is crucial as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training is a high strategic priority for many organizations but often not part of the work environment. The success of the training program can lead to more equitable and inclusive workplaces, educational environments, and institutions, ultimately contributing to a more equitable and inclusive society. The project aims to increase user satisfaction and trust in AI technology, driving innovation and generating significant revenue streams by creating US jobs, annual revenue, and exports. The traditional routes for developing cultural competence through human-led interventions can disrupt the work environment, be difficult to measure without human bias, and may lead to discord within the work environment. This SBIR Phase I project aims to develop culturally competent and empathetic Artificial intelligence (AI) agents to codify and label users' subjective responses to complex diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues while maintaining high social trustworthiness. Through the use of research-based social science frameworks, the project will develop bias-free and DEI-aware AI agents to assess and codify cultural competence among organizational stakeholders. Key objectives include sourcing large scale human-generated data to train AI agents to identify users' subjective responses to complex DEI observations and prompting via evocative vignettes or open-ended survey questions. Phase I aims to transform a proof-of-concept into a scalable platform with sophisticated AI capabilities for the educational marketplace, leading to more inclusive workplaces and a deeper understanding of pre-Kindergarten-20 environments.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I期项目的广播/商业影响着重于开发具有文化能力的，类人类，M和善解人意的人工智能（AI）代理商（AI）代理，以在幼儿园（Pre-K）（Pre-K） - 级别的学校教育环境中使用。从最广泛的意义上讲，文化能力是指组织或个人与来自不同文化背景不同的个人的能力和有效性。拟议的创新旨在为受社会科学启发的AI代理创建一个新市场，在软件开发中为两个历史上的黑人学院或大学（HBCU）发挥了重要作用。该项目对社会进步的影响至关重要，因为对许多组织而言，多样性，公平和包容性（DEI）培训是一个很高的战略优先事项，但通常不是工作环境的一部分。培训计划的成功可以导致更公平，包容的工作场所，教育环境和机构，最终为更公平和更具包容性的社会做出贡献。该项目旨在通过创造美国就业机会，年收入和出口来提高用户满意度和对AI技术的信任，推动创新并产生大量收入来源。通过人体主导的干预措施发展文化能力的传统途径可能会破坏工作环境，在没有人类偏见的情况下很难衡量，并且可能导致工作环境中的不和谐。 SBIR I期项目旨在开发具有文化胜任和善解人意的人工智能（AI）代理商，以编纂和标记用户对复杂多样性，公平和包容性（DEI）问题的主题反应，同时保持较高的社会信任度。通过使用基于研究的社会科学框架，该项目将开发无偏见和意识的AI代理，以评估和编纂组织利益相关者之间的文化能力。关键对象包括采购大规模的人类生成的数据以训练AI代理，以识别用户对复杂DEI观察的响应，并通过回忆性小插曲或开放式调查问题提示。第一阶段旨在将概念验证变成具有教育市场具有复杂AI功能的可扩展平台，从而导致更具包容性的工作场所，并对Kindergarten-20前环境有了更深入的了解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识优点和广泛的criperia来评估，认为NSF的法定任务是宝贵的。