New Artificial Intelligence Tools for Deep Conflict Resolution and Humanitarian Response

Truly understanding what others need and want, how they see the world, and how they feel are core prerequisites for successful conflict resolution and humanitarian response. Today, however, human cognitive limitations, insu cient expertise in the right hands, and di culty in managing complex social, conflict, and real-world knowledge conspire to prevent us from reaching our ultimate potential. This paper introduces cogSolv, a highly novel Artificial Intelligence system capable of understanding how people from other groups view the world, simulating their reactions, and combining this with knowledge of the real world in order to persuade, find negotiation win-wins and enhance outcomes, avoid o ense, provide peacekeeping decision tools, and protect emergency responders’ health. Ready to go today, portable, and requiring virtually no specialist expertise, cogSolv allows governments and local NGOs to use expert culture and conflict resolution knowledge to accurately perform a wide range of humanitarian simulations. cogSolv assists responders with training, managing complexity, centralizing and sharing knowledge, and, ultimately, maximizing the potential for equitable conflict resolution and maximally e ective humanitarian response. ' 2015 Daniel Olsher. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of HumTech2015.

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