Apropos @stokel.bsky.social blogpost, after attending the @unidir.org #AISE26 at the inability of participants to communicate (with each other or the stage) thought about making a conference comms software startup that sneakily replicates early twitter (about 2012).
bsky.app/profile/j2br...
bsky.app/profile/j2br...
I have never been convinced by #AI4Good. Regulate AI like any high powered technology and/or set of utilities. Do good any way you can. These are two separate goals.
Meetings about doing good have been presented as a substitute for ensuring legal liability and accountability, which makes no sense.
Meetings about doing good have been presented as a substitute for ensuring legal liability and accountability, which makes no sense.
I spent most of the last week at the UN AI for Good Summit, and after spending the weekend recuperating, had deeper thoughts than the stories I published last week from the event. That feels like as good a reason as any to start my Substack with an essay from Geneva open.substack.com/pub/chrissto...
July 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Apropos @stokel.bsky.social blogpost, after attending the @unidir.org #AISE26 at the inability of participants to communicate (with each other or the stage) thought about making a conference comms software startup that sneakily replicates early twitter (about 2012).
bsky.app/profile/j2br...
bsky.app/profile/j2br...
It’s a wrap on UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 🌐
Over two days, #AISE26 brought together experts from all sectors to discuss AI governance, security and ethics, and the way ahead towards a more secure world.
📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXphm
Over two days, #AISE26 brought together experts from all sectors to discuss AI governance, security and ethics, and the way ahead towards a more secure world.
📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXphm
June 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It’s a wrap on UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 🌐
Over two days, #AISE26 brought together experts from all sectors to discuss AI governance, security and ethics, and the way ahead towards a more secure world.
📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXphm
Over two days, #AISE26 brought together experts from all sectors to discuss AI governance, security and ethics, and the way ahead towards a more secure world.
📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXphm
Argh, sounds like #g7 came down on the side of #ageVerification, which is a disaster for children and democratic discourse, cf the hashtag (if you click it you can ask for my previous posts). #AISE26 See also this academic letter on the topic edri.org/our-work/ope...
Open letter: The dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
On 16 September, EDRi and 63 organisations, academics and experts in privacy, encryption, child safety, sex workers' rights and consumer rights issued a joint statement urging the European Commission ...
edri.org
June 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Argh, sounds like #g7 came down on the side of #ageVerification, which is a disaster for children and democratic discourse, cf the hashtag (if you click it you can ask for my previous posts). #AISE26 See also this academic letter on the topic edri.org/our-work/ope...
It sounds like the fourth initiative announced by Anne Lazar Sury will be at @unidir.org ? A centre of excellence here for the #AISE26 topic #AISecurityEthics ? Makes me more concerned about the relatively heavy US (and also British) hand at this meeting (cf @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy )
June 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
It sounds like the fourth initiative announced by Anne Lazar Sury will be at @unidir.org ? A centre of excellence here for the #AISE26 topic #AISecurityEthics ? Makes me more concerned about the relatively heavy US (and also British) hand at this meeting (cf @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy )
I have always thought we need regions to differentiate, not only because of their different capacities and threats, but also because my greatest concern is regulatory capture by near-global transnational entities. But Egypt's biggest concern was people claiming exceptionalism and evading law #AISE26
June 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I have always thought we need regions to differentiate, not only because of their different capacities and threats, but also because my greatest concern is regulatory capture by near-global transnational entities. But Egypt's biggest concern was people claiming exceptionalism and evading law #AISE26
This is a "mini panel" not in the programme. There was another such just before where Russia, Brazil, and Egypt just before where Egypt particularly but I think all of them insisted that there should not be regional innovation on AI governance, so it's kind of funny to hear this now #AISE26 1/2
June 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is a "mini panel" not in the programme. There was another such just before where Russia, Brazil, and Egypt just before where Egypt particularly but I think all of them insisted that there should not be regional innovation on AI governance, so it's kind of funny to hear this now #AISE26 1/2
Woah, France also just announced at least four major, expensive initiatives including a centre for excellence on ai governance in the military domain, but the other three for france. #AISE26
June 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Woah, France also just announced at least four major, expensive initiatives including a centre for excellence on ai governance in the military domain, but the other three for france. #AISE26
New Chinese AI Governance white paper, from two days ago english.scio.gov.cn/whitepapers/... #AISE26 Chinese ambassador just talked about it, seems to carry on from the French/Indian #AIAction philosophy, not the transhumanist/regulatory evasive #AISafety one.
Full text: More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China's Principles, Proposals and Actions
english.scio.gov.cn
June 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
New Chinese AI Governance white paper, from two days ago english.scio.gov.cn/whitepapers/... #AISE26 Chinese ambassador just talked about it, seems to carry on from the French/Indian #AIAction philosophy, not the transhumanist/regulatory evasive #AISafety one.
OK, Chang is also on board with having audits of AI so we can ensure we know who should be accountable. #aise26
Artem Lomakin: all kinds of tech was innovated & tested in cold war europe, including the internet.
Just realised I'm friends with the transhumanist I didn't name here :-) I have the […]
Artem Lomakin: all kinds of tech was innovated & tested in cold war europe, including the internet.
Just realised I'm friends with the transhumanist I didn't name here :-) I have the […]
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mastodon.social
June 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
OK, Chang is also on board with having audits of AI so we can ensure we know who should be accountable. #aise26
Artem Lomakin: all kinds of tech was innovated & tested in cold war europe, including the internet.
Just realised I'm friends with the transhumanist I didn't name here :-) I have the […]
Artem Lomakin: all kinds of tech was innovated & tested in cold war europe, including the internet.
Just realised I'm friends with the transhumanist I didn't name here :-) I have the […]
Ha, "civil society is part of our infrastructure" says someone shouting out transhumanist British efforts on AI "safety" and related (e.g. genomic "resilience", which AFAIK means ending aging).
#aise26
Amy Chang, Cisco "human control is too slow to be meaningful" (ignoring some excellent […]
#aise26
Amy Chang, Cisco "human control is too slow to be meaningful" (ignoring some excellent […]
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mastodon.social
June 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Ha, "civil society is part of our infrastructure" says someone shouting out transhumanist British efforts on AI "safety" and related (e.g. genomic "resilience", which AFAIK means ending aging).
#aise26
Amy Chang, Cisco "human control is too slow to be meaningful" (ignoring some excellent […]
#aise26
Amy Chang, Cisco "human control is too slow to be meaningful" (ignoring some excellent […]
OK, I can't complain too much, Boinodiris is now doing a great job of lecturing people about how you can audit all this stuff. She said "liability washing" which is the first time I've heard that phrase IIRC. #aise26
June 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
OK, I can't complain too much, Boinodiris is now doing a great job of lecturing people about how you can audit all this stuff. She said "liability washing" which is the first time I've heard that phrase IIRC. #aise26
Governance with teeth: A live
requirements blueprint for AI in security and defence
Speakers:Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM Consulting #aise26
She didn't know my name when we met, but she just taught my paper... (as did the former director of UNIDIR yesterday already)
Bias one, of course… […]
requirements blueprint for AI in security and defence
Speakers:Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM Consulting #aise26
She didn't know my name when we met, but she just taught my paper... (as did the former director of UNIDIR yesterday already)
Bias one, of course… […]
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mastodon.social
June 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Governance with teeth: A live
requirements blueprint for AI in security and defence
Speakers:Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM Consulting #aise26
She didn't know my name when we met, but she just taught my paper... (as did the former director of UNIDIR yesterday already)
Bias one, of course… […]
requirements blueprint for AI in security and defence
Speakers:Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM Consulting #aise26
She didn't know my name when we met, but she just taught my paper... (as did the former director of UNIDIR yesterday already)
Bias one, of course… […]
At #AISE26, H.E. Amb. Philip Thigo has just announced that Kenya will host the 4th Summit on Responsible AI in the Military Domain in 2027 🇰🇪
UNIDIR looks forward to supporting this next chapter!
#REAIM2027
UNIDIR looks forward to supporting this next chapter!
#REAIM2027
June 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
At #AISE26, H.E. Amb. Philip Thigo has just announced that Kenya will host the 4th Summit on Responsible AI in the Military Domain in 2027 🇰🇪
UNIDIR looks forward to supporting this next chapter!
#REAIM2027
UNIDIR looks forward to supporting this next chapter!
#REAIM2027
Ha, great conclusion – the computer did not make a mistake, the architecture did. And the footprint of that architecture affects everyone in this room. Ashlie Robinson, Jamaican AI Association, #AISE26
June 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Ha, great conclusion – the computer did not make a mistake, the architecture did. And the footprint of that architecture affects everyone in this room. Ashlie Robinson, Jamaican AI Association, #AISE26
Robinson's talk is awesome, too much to blog all, but she just said Jamaica are seeing disinfo undermining climate narratives & concerning efficacy of regional cooperation. Which is ironic given I couldn't get a question about the African Union through #AISE26 slido moderation to a previous speaker.
June 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Robinson's talk is awesome, too much to blog all, but she just said Jamaica are seeing disinfo undermining climate narratives & concerning efficacy of regional cooperation. Which is ironic given I couldn't get a question about the African Union through #AISE26 slido moderation to a previous speaker.
Collateral code: How military AI governance
failures disproportionately threaten small island developing States
Speaker: Ashlie Robinson, Jamaica AI Association
Jamaica went dark last year, no comms, and had to reach out to the same private foreign actor that was the problem for help. #AISE26
failures disproportionately threaten small island developing States
Speaker: Ashlie Robinson, Jamaica AI Association
Jamaica went dark last year, no comms, and had to reach out to the same private foreign actor that was the problem for help. #AISE26
June 19, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Collateral code: How military AI governance
failures disproportionately threaten small island developing States
Speaker: Ashlie Robinson, Jamaica AI Association
Jamaica went dark last year, no comms, and had to reach out to the same private foreign actor that was the problem for help. #AISE26
failures disproportionately threaten small island developing States
Speaker: Ashlie Robinson, Jamaica AI Association
Jamaica went dark last year, no comms, and had to reach out to the same private foreign actor that was the problem for help. #AISE26
Did I complain about this yesterday? Really angry that there's no way to discuss speakers, questions, etc at #aise26 . I can't find conversation on any of the 4 social media I've checked, there are no coffee breaks, they only have slido and there's no way to reply or converse there, and further […]
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mastodon.social
June 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Did I complain about this yesterday? Really angry that there's no way to discuss speakers, questions, etc at #aise26 . I can't find conversation on any of the 4 social media I've checked, there are no coffee breaks, they only have slido and there's no way to reply or converse there, and further […]
#AISE26 panel on responsibility chain, several panelists are military suppliers,
Alex Tsado, Udu Tech: despite necessity of foreign imports to global majority, he sees having local development also increases understanding & therefore control of foreign tech. (One of my students has shown this, too!)
Alex Tsado, Udu Tech: despite necessity of foreign imports to global majority, he sees having local development also increases understanding & therefore control of foreign tech. (One of my students has shown this, too!)
June 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM
#AISE26 panel on responsibility chain, several panelists are military suppliers,
Alex Tsado, Udu Tech: despite necessity of foreign imports to global majority, he sees having local development also increases understanding & therefore control of foreign tech. (One of my students has shown this, too!)
Alex Tsado, Udu Tech: despite necessity of foreign imports to global majority, he sees having local development also increases understanding & therefore control of foreign tech. (One of my students has shown this, too!)
🌐 Last day of #AISE26!
Join day 2️⃣ of UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics for discussions on AI governance, stakeholder perspectives and the way ahead. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with our speakers!
🎥 Watch it live here: bit.ly/4aKN8bd
Join day 2️⃣ of UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics for discussions on AI governance, stakeholder perspectives and the way ahead. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with our speakers!
🎥 Watch it live here: bit.ly/4aKN8bd
June 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🌐 Last day of #AISE26!
Join day 2️⃣ of UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics for discussions on AI governance, stakeholder perspectives and the way ahead. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with our speakers!
🎥 Watch it live here: bit.ly/4aKN8bd
Join day 2️⃣ of UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics for discussions on AI governance, stakeholder perspectives and the way ahead. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with our speakers!
🎥 Watch it live here: bit.ly/4aKN8bd
#aise26 And we're back! Investors talking about their roles in #aiethics One guy claims there's this new thing #996 9am-9pm for 6 days a week. Every decade I've been alive that's been a thing, how does each generation think they're new at working hard for a decade? Be sure to take time out at […]
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mastodon.social
June 19, 2026 at 7:54 AM
In place for this second day (#governance ) at the @unitednations1945.bsky.social in Geneva for this very interesting and important conference #AISE26 about IA, security and ethics. @unidir.org
It started strong with "Governance and the Role of Investors" (I'm curious...)
It started strong with "Governance and the Role of Investors" (I'm curious...)
June 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
In place for this second day (#governance ) at the @unitednations1945.bsky.social in Geneva for this very interesting and important conference #AISE26 about IA, security and ethics. @unidir.org
It started strong with "Governance and the Role of Investors" (I'm curious...)
It started strong with "Governance and the Role of Investors" (I'm curious...)
🌐 "What we need, as a human community, is an assurance that the principle of a human in the loop will always be there".
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi joined UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss for a fireside chat at #AISE26 to discuss AI, peace and security.
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi joined UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss for a fireside chat at #AISE26 to discuss AI, peace and security.
June 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
🌐 "What we need, as a human community, is an assurance that the principle of a human in the loop will always be there".
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi joined UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss for a fireside chat at #AISE26 to discuss AI, peace and security.
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi joined UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss for a fireside chat at #AISE26 to discuss AI, peace and security.
Humans including military subordinates also have many influences, yet commanders have responsibility.
Can't we procure software similarly responsibly commandable, & attribute responsibility to its commander/operator. The EU #AIA has such language, tho sadly not for military AI #AISE26 #AIEthics 2/2
Can't we procure software similarly responsibly commandable, & attribute responsibility to its commander/operator. The EU #AIA has such language, tho sadly not for military AI #AISE26 #AIEthics 2/2
June 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Human-centered proactivity in defence AI: Rethinking agency, judgment and responsibility
Speakers:
Christiana Onoja: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
- Col. Felix Alaita, Kryterion Limited
They say AI responsibility gap emerges from all the many people involved in building it. 1/2 #AISE26
Speakers:
Christiana Onoja: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
- Col. Felix Alaita, Kryterion Limited
They say AI responsibility gap emerges from all the many people involved in building it. 1/2 #AISE26
June 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Human-centered proactivity in defence AI: Rethinking agency, judgment and responsibility
Speakers:
Christiana Onoja: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
- Col. Felix Alaita, Kryterion Limited
They say AI responsibility gap emerges from all the many people involved in building it. 1/2 #AISE26
Speakers:
Christiana Onoja: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
- Col. Felix Alaita, Kryterion Limited
They say AI responsibility gap emerges from all the many people involved in building it. 1/2 #AISE26