What happens when you think with AI, not just about AI?

Watch Miranda Forsyth demonstrate Dragonfly’s AI tools at the 2024 Australasian AID Conference.

Aid & Developement

At the 2024 Australasian Aid Conference, Development Intelligence Lab CEO Bridi Rice shared results from an experiment where Lab analysts with no particular expertise in development economics used Dragonfly AI to analyze middle-income traps in Southeast Asia under time pressure.

“Dragonfly is the kind of powerful tool we need to build into business as usual, that we need to help us make tough decisions in tough times. Simple experiments quickly showed Dragonfly’s value: a rapid analysis product on middle-income traps in two hours that would have previously taken us three days, for instance. Organisations that harness AI are the organisations that are going to remain on the forefront of development cooperation.”

— Bridi Rice, CEO, Development Intelligence Lab

“What distinguishes Dragonfly Thinking from conventional AI tools is its cognitive architecture, which is layered over large language models like ChatGPT. Rather than simply generating responses, the system guides users through a process of structured analysis and incorporates multiple perspectives.”

–Development Policy Centre, ‘Putting AI in aid: new tools for development policy and programming’

“We think of much of our work as decision making support. We ask: is there a way we can more effectively help leaders in the region and Australian policymakers alike? Can we get a better result by teaming our analysts with Dragonfly? We think the answer is an emphatic yes. The core purpose of this tool is to grapple with complexity, based on a rigorous analytical framework—is what felt valuable to us and what has kept us engaged.”