Hero Awards Launches AI-Driven Program to Recognize Citizen Activists for UN Sustainability Goals
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The Hero Awards program offers a strategic advantage by leveraging seven AI models to develop innovative solutions for UN sustainability targets, increasing recognition and award-winning potential.
The Hero Awards process sequentially applies seven AI models to refine solutions for UN sustainability targets, reducing hallucinations while producing actionable, well-grounded plans through systematic iteration.
This initiative democratizes sustainability efforts by empowering global citizens to develop practical solutions that advance planetary preservation and human thriving through accessible AI collaboration.
Participants work with seven distinct AI personalities to uncover novel solutions while dramatically enhancing their own cognitive skills and problem-solving abilities through the process.
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The Hero Awards has announced a new program enabling citizen activists to achieve recognition for their efforts toward the UN's 17 Sustainability Goals by following a customized progression cycle involving seven popular AI models. According to Sustainability Director Amy Chang, the initiative addresses the lack of recognition for everyday contributors to planetary improvement by combining AI and human intelligence to evolve answers to the UN's 169 Targets. This process leverages each large language model's strengths while minimizing hallucinations, resulting in comprehensive and trustworthy action plans.
The proven sequence involves Meta.ai, Claude.ai, Copilot.microsoft.com, Gemini.google.com, Perplexity.ai, Deepseek.com, and Chatgpt.com (v.5), where each AI refines the previous output. Initial testing involved students from Cambridge, Yale, Berkeley, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford, assisted by girls from the Herat Underground School in Afghanistan, which educates girls barred from formal schooling by the Taliban. The project was co-created by Friends Beyond Borders, AI Happiness Accelerator, and the World Mind Network.
Participants who carefully follow the formula are highly likely to win a Hero Award, as the AI-assisted process uncovers valuable innovative solutions. Answers are archived on The Hero Awards' academia.edu site for ongoing study, and multiple participants can address the same Target due to the endless creativity of AIs and human partners. Winners are celebrated across the group's media platforms and can confer the award on others who follow the protocol.
Beyond the solutions generated, the program significantly enhances participants' cognitive skills. Education Director Savithri Machiraju notes that each AI's unique personality and strengths help users improve both AI responses and their own problem-solving abilities exponentially. A precursor project showed that for every 100 run-throughs, 61 participants wrote a blog post, 39 published an article, 8 started an NGO or non-profit, and 5 initiated a startup, with similar outcomes expected here. Chang emphasizes that this democratizes efforts toward planetary preservation and human thriving, fostering a global mindset that change is possible and rewarding. More details on the UN's Global Indicators can be found at https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list/.
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