AI with Anthropology

A team of engineers created HelpMe, an AI app designed to help people everywhere.

But it didn’t understand that people live differently around the world. In rural areas,

HelpMe gave advice that didn’t match real-life challenges. Go to the nearest hospital.

AI even worsened inequality because it didn’t understand people’s circumstances. Language and culture

mattered, but HelpMe missed it. Call animal emergency services.

Privacy and polite communication differ across cultures. AI had to learn.

With anthropology, HelpMe learned to understand people—not just data.