What role can artificial intelligence (AI) play in building peace?
Can AI technology help understandand monitor conflict emergence, assist diverse stakeholders’ responses to violence, and help inreconciliation and post-conflict reconstruction? While these questions have been part of peacebuilding discussions for years, today’s AI capabilities offer unprecedented possibilities. Though some applications—particularly in conflict mapping and analysis—are gradually entering mainstream practice, most peacebuilding AI initiatives remain in pilot phases. Current experimentation spans conflict prediction systems, AI-facilitated public dialogues, enhanced crisis response tools, and solutions that improve organizational efficiency—presenting both opportunities and challenges for peacebuilding. While AI demonstrates valuable capabilities for peacebuilding, it remains fundamentally a dual-use technology. The same systems that can better predict conflict hotspots, help facilitate dialogue between opposing groups, and process humanitarian data can effic...