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We believe a
brighter future with
AI is possible
The introduction of new technologies for accessing knowledge are always inflection points for societies. This moment of upheaval requires rethinking old systems. LLMs present a new opportunity to trace patterns in collected human knowledge to find pathways leading to new solutions.
The future of AI is rapidly evolving. Massive companies have their pathway but we can each find our own. We don't have to wait on the sidelines and just watch. We can play, explore, build and connect with others to create practices, presence and connection.
Aligning AI with human thriving and a healthy planet is the challenge of our time. We need the brightest minds with the boldest missions to work to shape what is not yet determined.
The X in Swarm X
Susan X Jane is the founder of SwarmX Studio, where she is defining the practice of relational AI — a framework for helping humans and intelligent systems work together in ways that are adaptive, grounded, and deeply human. SwarmX helps organizations and individuals adopt AI in ways that accelerate what humans do best.Susan has spent thirty years at the intersection of culture, media, and emerging technology, helping individuals and organizations navigate moments of transition. Across her career, she has founded and scaled programs, academic institutions, and advisory practices that support large-scale shifts in how people communicate, create, and adapt to new systems. She is the founding director of the Communications and Media Literacy BA at Wheelock College (now part of Boston University), and the principal of Navigators Consulting, her cultural strategy practice.Through Navigators, she has advised a wide range of organizations — from global companies to culture-shaping institutions — including Google, YouTube, Microsoft, JKR Global, MullenLowe, Pearlfisher, the Hewlett Foundation, NationSwell, Out for Undergrad, and Solutions Journalism. Since 2019, she has delivered over 180 trainings and keynote presentations across creative agencies, Fortune 100 companies, foundations, and academic institutions.Throughout her work, Susan has engaged with leading research communities at the intersection of media, technology, and human impact — a fifteen-year connection with the Harvard Center on Media and Child Health, sustained engagement with the MIT Media Lab, a founding-member role with the Boston Civic Media Consortium, and conference presentations for the National Association for Media Literacy Education. She has been in the room for three technology shifts that reshaped society: the arrival of the internet, the rise of social media, and now the adoption of AI.She is the recipient of the Sylvia Earle Innovation Award for her work in new media and the Cynthia Longfellow Award for Excellence in Teaching, both from Wheelock College. She has contributed chapters to Women in Film, Apocalyptic Pedagogies, and Impact with Integrity, and written for the Christian Science Monitor, Glamour, and WBUR. She publishes the Culture Navigators and SwarmX newsletters on Substack