SXSW 2025

From Bullet Points to Belief: Rapid Foresight Prototyping

Description:

Preparing for future catastrophes is one thing; building public trust in leadership and empowering the populace to be proactive are something else. In this fast-paced workshop presented by the ASU Threatcasting Lab and Phaedrus, participants will employ the Threatcasting model and a generative AI tool called WOLF to confront a fictional crisis and co-create responses in real time. In doing so, they will explore new technologies and techniques designed to replace high-level reports ("bullet points") with a visceral sense of urgency ("belief") that is critical to engagement.


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Takeaways

  1. An introduction to the Threatcasting foresight methodology developed by ASU, and WOLF, a generative AI rapid writing tool prototype currently being de
  2. How these tools amplify storytelling techniques to transform dry reports into gripping narratives able to transform the plausible into the compelling.
  3. Examples of how ASU and Phaedrus are using these techniques on behalf of the CDCl and others to help instill strategic foresight capabilities.

Speakers


Organizer

Greg Lindsay, Senior Fellow, Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Workshop
  • Track: Government & Civic Engagement
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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