Essays
Essays that go beyond headlines to examine how AI changes the logic of governance. Each piece looks at the systems beneath the surface, how truth is constructed, how risk is managed, and how integrity is tested when automation meets human oversight.
The Benchmark
In February 2020, the Department of Defence adopted a set of ethical principles for artificial intelligence. They were developed over fifteen months by the Defense Innovation Board - an independent advisory committee that consulted over 100 experts, held public hearings, reviewed nearly 200 pages of public comment, and ran a classified war game before f…
The Week Responsible AI Died
On Friday evening, Sam Altman posted on X that OpenAI had reached a deal with the Pentagon. It took him three sentences. The deal had been in motion since Wednesday.
When Keeping Your Principles Becomes a Luxury
Not different in the way every tech company claims to be different. Different in a specific, documented, uncomfortable way. Its Responsible Scaling Policy committed the company to a simple idea. Before training a more capable model, specific safety conditions had to be met. Not aspirations. Not intentions. Conditions with teeth.