CAI | Center for Augmenting Intelligence in Urban Health
CAI | Center for Augmenting Intelligence in Urban Health
The Collaboration Hub is where community partners, organizations, and innovators work side-by-side with the Center for Augmenting Intelligence (CAI) to design, test, and scale AI solutions that matter.
We collaborate with Detroit communities and national partners to co-create projects that improve health, strengthen neighborhoods, retrain the workforce, and prepare a new generation of Enterprise AI Solution Designers.
Share a real problem your community, organization, or institution is facing. CAI can help scope it into a research project, pilot, or innovation challenge.
Examples:
Work with our team to co-develop an AI-enabled program or tool using the latest approaches in prompt engineering, data-informed design, and augmented intelligence.
We focus on solutions that are:
Partner with CAI to deliver training for:
We design pathways that build practical skills for using AI tools in daily work and prepare participants to become Enterprise AI Solution Designers inside their organizations.
Collaborate with CAI to host:
You bring the challenges. We bring the structure, mentorship, and AI expertise to guide teams in developing ethical, impactful prototypes.
For organizations piloting new AI tools or programs, CAI can:
CAI is a multidisciplinary innovation hub that combines expertise in:
We bring:
Our goal is to move from ideas to implementation through co-creation.
We welcome collaboration from:
If you have a challenge, idea, or community need that could benefit from AI, we want to hear from you.
Our Collaboration Process
We use a clear, relationship-centered process to move from ideas to action.
Collaboration Priorities
We priorities partnerships that:
If your question wasn’t answered here, please reach out—we’d love to help!
The Center for Augmenting Intelligence (CAI) is a multidisciplinary innovation hub at the University of Detroit Mercy dedicated to using artificial intelligence to enhance human decision‑making, improve community health, and support ethical, sustainable innovation.
Augmenting Intelligence means using AI to support—not replace—human expertise. It focuses on developing tools that enhance understanding, strengthen decisions, and promote healthier, more equitable communities.
Artificial Intelligence (Traditional) | Augmenting Intelligence |
Designed to automate tasks or replace human labor | Designed to enhance human skills, insight, and decision-making |
“Human out of the loop” thinking | “Human in the loop” thinking |
Focus on efficiency | Focus on empowerment |
Replaces judgment | Supports judgment |
Technology-centered | Human-centered |
Artificial Intelligence (Traditional) | Augmenting Intelligence |
Designed to automate tasks or replace human labor | Designed to enhance human skills, insight, and decision-making |
“Human out of the loop” thinking | “Human in the loop” thinking |
Focus on efficiency | Focus on empowerment |
Replaces judgment | Supports judgment |
Technology-centered | Human-centered |
Our Work & Focus Areas
We collaborate on projects involving:
Yes. We co‑design AI tools with community partners, students, and organizations to ensure solutions are ethical, culturally grounded, and sustainable.
Collaboration & Partnerships
Anyone with a meaningful challenge or community‑driven idea is welcome, including:
You can submit an idea through the Collaboration Hub. We review each submission and help determine whether it becomes a student project, a co‑designed pilot, a workforce initiative, or a long‑term partnership.
Yes. We offer training in AI literacy, prompt engineering, community health applications, simulation design, and workforce upskilling programs for organizations.
Students & Learning Opportunities
Absolutely. Students play a major role through:
Students gain real‑world experience in:
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We design solutions with the communities most affected—ensuring technology reduces disparities, increases access, and uplifts underserved populations.
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