ZERO WORLD: How AI Can Eliminate Humanity's Greatest Challenges | Shalini Gopalkrishnan | TEDxCSTU
Drawing from her experience at the forefront of AI, ethics, and innovation, Dr. Shalini outlines a practical yet radical roadmap to Zero World. Her talk blends systems thinking, emerging technologies, and deep human empathy to challenge us to move beyond crisis management and toward intentional redesign. Whether addressing AI governance, healthtech, poverty eradication, or economic inclusion, she offers a blueprint for how technology, policy, and people can converge to solve our deepest challenges—not someday, but now.
As a global educator, technologist, and visionary, Dr. Gopalkrishnan’s work sits at the intersection of AI and exponential impact. Her framework has inspired leaders from Silicon Valley to South Asia, from academic institutions to international development forums. This talk is more than an idea—it’s a call to action.As a professor, entrepreneur, and AI strategist, Dr. Shalini Gopalkrishnan works across universities and industries to ensure AI benefits humanity. She has taught AI and exponential technologies at multiple global universities, including in the U.S., South America, and India. Dr. Shalini is also a serial entrepreneur, having built companies in the edtech and emerging tech space, and advises startups, and international organizations on ethical and responsible AI deployment.
She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), and an MBA. As a speaker, she has addressed audiences at several Universities, United Nations panels, and AI summits. She is also the founder of multiple initiatives aimed at leveraging technology for global good, with a particular focus on sustainable development goals (SDGs) and inclusion.
Her latest research and community work advocate for Zero World—a future framework based on dignity, abundance, and systemic transformation, where AI becomes a liberatory force instead of a disruptive threat.
Dr. Gopalkrishnan's TEDx talk challenges us to radically rethink what is possible when humanity and technology evolve together.Event: TEDxCSTU
Date: May 18th, 2025
Location: California Science & Technology University (CSTU)
Website: https://www.cstu.edu?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedx2025&utm_term=ShaliniSpeaker: Shalini Gopalkrishnan
Learn more about the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalini-gopalkrishnan-b8488a14/Organizer: Leni Jin, Organizer of TEDxCSTU
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Organizer's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Leni_JinChapters (Timestamps):
00:27 Introduction: Idea of zero world
01:47 AI is being used to combat world hunger
02:49 AI's role in the medical field
04:23 AI can help eliminate poverty.
05:18 f AI in predicting and preventing wars.
06:32 three things you can do to help bring about a "zero world":Please note: This talk was recorded at TEDxCSTU, an independently organized TEDx event hosted at California Science and Technology University under a license from TED. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent those of TEDxCSTU, the university, or TED.#TEDx #ZeroWorld #FutureOfAI #TechForGood #EthicalAI #AIForHumanity #SustainableFuture #InclusionThroughAI #ExponentialImpact #SystemsThinking #GlobalGood #TEDxCSTU2025 Dr. Shalini is the CSTU - California Science and Technology University Professor, a consummate traveller to all continents and over 100 countries, Speaker, author, researcher, serial entrepreneur in technology, leadership, and social impact This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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