Backcasting from a solar punk future using generative AI

Chat GPT, Global wisdom, NovelAI, working backwards from solar punk futures for yourself and your systems change efforts

Created by: Bobby Fishkin
Systems change lead, solar punk, CrowdDoing

Created by: Day Sanchez
Co-Instructor

Created by: Saskia

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the concept of backcasting and its benefits as a planning and decision-making tool that can leverage global wisdom & generative AI.
• Use generative AI as a co-creative force in the backcasting process and utilize AI to identify missing institutions, fields of knowledge of relevance
• Understand the role of humans as living bridges to a solar punk future and identify the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective steward and macro-leader
• Utilize AI to generate credible fiction that reflects both hopeful and realistic aspirations for a solar punk future
• Conduct a gap analysis and design scenarios for how to achieve a solar punk future using tactical and strategic backcasting methods.
• Identify key systems that need to be changed in order to achieve a solar punk future and use the concept of Ikigai to identify one's perfect role in the world.
• Understand the role of AI in co-creation and how it can be used to generate credible fiction.
• Develop a vision for a solar punk future that is both hopeful and realistic, utilizing AI to generate credible fiction and overcome limitations on dreaming.
• Understand the importance in the backcasting process of drawing inspiration from global wisdom to inform your vision for the future.
• Learn how to use backcasting as a tool for creating a hopeful and realistic vision for the future and how to utilize it in your social innovations,work & life,

Requirements

• ChatGPT
• NovelAI
• PerplexityAI
• Hopes for the future
• A stewardship of either a personal scale or a social innovation scale/collective scale systems change.
• There are no specific requirements or prerequisites for taking this course. However, it would be helpful for learners to have some basic understanding of planning and decision-making processes, as well as an openness to exploring the potential of AI and its role in co-creation. Additionally, having some familiarity with the concept of Ikigai and systems change may also be beneficial. No specific tools or equipment are required for this course.

Target audience

• This course is intended for individuals who are interested in exploring the potential of backcasting as a tool for creating a hopeful and realistic vision for the future. It is suitable for individuals who are motivated by the concept of a solar punk future and are interested in identifying the steps needed to achieve it. It is suitable for those who are open to considering the role of AI in co-creative problem-solving and are interested in using tactical and strategic backcasting methods to plan for the future.
• It is suitable for those who are seeking to identify their perfect role in the world and understand the importance of systems change in achieving a solar punk future. It is not suitable for those who are resistant to considering the potential of AI or who are not open to exploring innovative approaches to planning and decision-making. It is not intended for those who are not interested in the concept of a solar punk future or who are not motivated by the idea of creating a hopeful and realistic vision for the future.