Just Interesting: Can AI Tell You What Works?
Evidence, benefit-cost research, and human judgment
Ask an AI tool whether a program works and it will give you a confident answer. But where does that answer come from, and how much should you trust it? This session explores what rigorous evidence actually looks like, how benefit-cost research and meta-analyses can inform funding decisions, where AI helps make that research accessible, and where human judgment and lived experience have to lead.
What we'll explore
The difference between information and evidence
How researchers assess what works, and what that means for funders
Where AI can help, and where it can mislead
With: members of Complēre's Evidence and Integrity Council
Part of Start Where You Are, a free Complēre Studio series of conversations, working sessions, and walkthroughs for philanthropy and nonprofit leaders. Sessions are recorded and shared.