Thank you Michael Kubzansky. You nailed it with this sentence, “If the sector continues to treat AI as adjacent rather than central, or as a set of discrete applications rather than a tidal force, it will lose its ability to shape societal outcomes at the moment when the course of AI is being charted and contested.”
Philanthropy has no market driven incentive to innovate (in AI) so it naturally struggles to do so. Nonprofits do. Philanthropy can start by listening to their grantees AND fund peer learning, treating funders AND nonprofits as peers.
A novel learning journey is different, non-linear and takes courage. AI is truly novel, thus forces a reworking of how we do things.
Best wishes in your next steps.