EPISODE 62 – MindHeart AI: Technology for Collective Healing with Dr. Sará King and Kierstin Gray
Dr. Sará King and Kierstin Gray join The CSM Podcast to discuss their tech company, MindHeart AI, which uses an interactive map of human awareness for personal health and planetary well-being.
In this episode, David, Sará and Kierstin:
- Taking responsibility for the technology we create
- Reducing the harm that human beings are doing to the planet and each other
- AI as a reflection of ourselves for better understanding of our emotions and identity
- The way that humans influence AI, for better and worse
- Empowering others to create MindHeart Activations in their community
- The connection between water scarcity, trauma, and AI
- Dr. Sará’s contribution to the documentary Every Living Thing
- Holding collective grief and sadness while still tapping into our agency
“If we’re confused, AI is going to be confused. That’s the reason why it’s important for us to be clear on who we are, what we believe, who we value, how we love, how we relate to each other—those things influence how we design emergent technologies like AI.” –Kierstin Gray
About Dr. Sará King
Dr. Sará King is a Mother, a neuroscientist, political and learning scientist, medical anthropologist, social entrepreneur, public speaker, and certified yoga and meditation instructor. She is an internationally recognized thought leader in the interdisciplinary field that examines the relationship between complementary alternative medicine, social justice, art, and mindfulness from the perspective of neuroscience. Dr. King is the co-founder of MindHeart AI.
About Kierstin Grey
Kierstin Grey is the program director at Argodesign and the co-founder of MindHeart AI. She is a consultant specializing in using technology and service design thinking principles to bring about transformative change for her clients. She has designed a framework that centers around the building of narratives that use existing talents and skills within an organization to enable innovative change to resolve business problems. Combined with the best practices of design and delivery, she helps businesses implement products and projects that meet their business objectives and cultivate deeper and more efficient engagement with customers.