Ismael K.G.
@hermeneuticist.bsky.social
AI Ethics & Research Governance consultant at Kairoi (kairoi.uk), working remotely since 2020. Co-leading the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network (RAIN) with RSA Fellows. Promoting AI literacy with We and AI.
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Reposting, for obvious reasons: "If we expect the public to trust us, we "must be able to show that [our] ethical compasses are not deflected by the magnetism of money.” Evidently, at Harvard, compasses were deflected, indeed.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
#epstein #Harvard #summers
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
#epstein #Harvard #summers
Jeffrey Epstein's Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research
Letting the rich pay for science that interests them is a bad idea—even if they aren’t convicted sex offenders
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposting, for obvious reasons: "If we expect the public to trust us, we "must be able to show that [our] ethical compasses are not deflected by the magnetism of money.” Evidently, at Harvard, compasses were deflected, indeed.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
#epstein #Harvard #summers
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
#epstein #Harvard #summers
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Reposted by Ismael K.G.
Finally hit publish. Reflections on theGeneva Science and Diplomacy Summit #GESDASummit
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
Reflections from Geneva
Science, Diplomacy and –thankfully– nature
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Finally hit publish. Reflections on theGeneva Science and Diplomacy Summit #GESDASummit
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
Reposted by Ismael K.G.
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
You’ll be surprised at how effective the question “what’s the problem you’re trying to solve?” is at stopping AI enthusiasts in their tracks
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You’ll be surprised at how effective the question “what’s the problem you’re trying to solve?” is at stopping AI enthusiasts in their tracks
I was involved in writing this week’s Brief 😁
The focus for this and the coming #AIEthics Briefs is on the State of AI Ethics Report’s five parts.
The focus for this and the coming #AIEthics Briefs is on the State of AI Ethics Report’s five parts.
📌 The AI Ethics Brief #177: Community-led AI Governance
The SAIER, performative AI governance, and AI lab transparency
brief.montrealethics.ai/p/the-ai-eth...
The SAIER, performative AI governance, and AI lab transparency
brief.montrealethics.ai/p/the-ai-eth...
The AI Ethics Brief #177: Community-led AI governance
The SAIER, performative AI governance, and AI lab transparency
brief.montrealethics.ai
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I was involved in writing this week’s Brief 😁
The focus for this and the coming #AIEthics Briefs is on the State of AI Ethics Report’s five parts.
The focus for this and the coming #AIEthics Briefs is on the State of AI Ethics Report’s five parts.
“Transformative fair use” is ultimately determined by how much a judge knows about the latest in data storage.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
![Ultimately, Judge William Alsup ruled that this destructive scanning operation qualified as fair use-but only because Anthropic had legally purchased the books first, destroyed each print copy after scanning, and kept the digital files internally rather than distributing them. The judge compared the process to "conserv[ing] space" through format conversion and found it transformative. Had Anthropic stuck to this approach from the beginning, it might have achieved the first legally sanctioned case of Al fair use. Instead, the company's earlier piracy undermined its position.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pexpsn7wwmadrpcb6hqpeskx/bafkreifimbdzn7ansoqgrihnhnlvdl7u2xdqxqtr2bfrs7mw2exwu6nnwe@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Transformative fair use” is ultimately determined by how much a judge knows about the latest in data storage.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
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"this perception is shaped by narratives that diminish our agency as humans, as they present technology as advancing independently from human activity and interests."
Sounds extremely relevant to our work, @taniaduarte.bsky.social! doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Resisting, Refusing, Reclaiming, Reimagining: Charting Challenges to Narratives of AI Inevitability
Increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is widely framed as inevitable; a destiny which cannot be avoided. In the context of AI, “inevitability” is often used to argue for the need to adop...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"this perception is shaped by narratives that diminish our agency as humans, as they present technology as advancing independently from human activity and interests."
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It is helpful to distinguish between the technology and specific products, product categories, and companies. The latter are easier to regulate or just lose steam. Backprop and transformers will not simply disappear, but whether chatbots are a thing ten years from now is anybody’s guess.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
It is helpful to distinguish between the technology and specific products, product categories, and companies. The latter are easier to regulate or just lose steam. Backprop and transformers will not simply disappear, but whether chatbots are a thing ten years from now is anybody’s guess.
Spain’s enjoying a fascinating thing right now: a nationwide, televised book club featuring former King Juan Carlos’s memoirs
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Spain’s enjoying a fascinating thing right now: a nationwide, televised book club featuring former King Juan Carlos’s memoirs
Don’t do it, friends.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Don’t do it, friends.
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I had a fun time teaching this paper this year: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had a fun time teaching this paper this year: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Summit Business Summit 2026 will bring together the greatest businesses in the business of summits
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Summit Business Summit 2026 will bring together the greatest businesses in the business of summits
If I owe you an email, pick an excuse
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
If I owe you an email, pick an excuse
It’s back! The State of AI Ethics Report by @mtlaiethics.bsky.social is back!
Not only has it been a joy to work alongside @renjieb.bsky.social and Connor to edit the many excellent articles, but also an important exploration of who Abhishek Gupta was, and his legacy.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Not only has it been a joy to work alongside @renjieb.bsky.social and Connor to edit the many excellent articles, but also an important exploration of who Abhishek Gupta was, and his legacy.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It’s back! The State of AI Ethics Report by @mtlaiethics.bsky.social is back!
Not only has it been a joy to work alongside @renjieb.bsky.social and Connor to edit the many excellent articles, but also an important exploration of who Abhishek Gupta was, and his legacy.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Not only has it been a joy to work alongside @renjieb.bsky.social and Connor to edit the many excellent articles, but also an important exploration of who Abhishek Gupta was, and his legacy.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
I think it’s important we don’t fall into the trap of forgetting that 67 is a number in its own right, which is what Big Six-Seven is trying to achieve #Protect67
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I think it’s important we don’t fall into the trap of forgetting that 67 is a number in its own right, which is what Big Six-Seven is trying to achieve #Protect67
Finally hit publish. Reflections on theGeneva Science and Diplomacy Summit #GESDASummit
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
Reflections from Geneva
Science, Diplomacy and –thankfully– nature
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Finally hit publish. Reflections on theGeneva Science and Diplomacy Summit #GESDASummit
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
Reposted by Ismael K.G.
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
Just sent “have a fine week ahead” at the end of an email sent very early on a Sunday morning.
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Just sent “have a fine week ahead” at the end of an email sent very early on a Sunday morning.
At Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation for the #GESDASummit. The view that it’s a bit too idealistic has been floated. My view is that there is a sore lack of mention of scientific communication and literacy.
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
At Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation for the #GESDASummit. The view that it’s a bit too idealistic has been floated. My view is that there is a sore lack of mention of scientific communication and literacy.
Feeling hopeful, grateful and somewhat giddy.
Thank you @taniaduarte.bsky.social and @ftollon.bsky.social for the wonderful event last night. Thank you @renjieb.bsky.social for the continued collaborations, and thank you @amysampleward.bsky.social for your relentless leadership.
Thank you @taniaduarte.bsky.social and @ftollon.bsky.social for the wonderful event last night. Thank you @renjieb.bsky.social for the continued collaborations, and thank you @amysampleward.bsky.social for your relentless leadership.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Feeling hopeful, grateful and somewhat giddy.
Thank you @taniaduarte.bsky.social and @ftollon.bsky.social for the wonderful event last night. Thank you @renjieb.bsky.social for the continued collaborations, and thank you @amysampleward.bsky.social for your relentless leadership.
Thank you @taniaduarte.bsky.social and @ftollon.bsky.social for the wonderful event last night. Thank you @renjieb.bsky.social for the continued collaborations, and thank you @amysampleward.bsky.social for your relentless leadership.
Philosophy consultancy motto:
You have questions. So do we.
You have questions. So do we.
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Philosophy consultancy motto:
You have questions. So do we.
You have questions. So do we.
Thank you, Canada, for the most detailed style guide, but also a case study on how software may shape how language standards evolve (suspiciously in French).
![Recommendation
Legislative counsel should use dashes (in moderation) when doing so would clarify matters for readers.
Analysis
The Canadian Style sums up the purpose of dashes rather well:
In most of its uses, the em dash is simply a substitute for a colon, semicolon or comma … Dashes give greater emphasis to parenthetic material than do commas or parentheses. If the parenthetic material contains internal punctuation or forms a complete sentence, the commas that might have been used to enclose it should be replaced by dashes or parentheses, depending on the degree of emphasis desired or the strength of the relationship to the rest of the sentence. Parentheses are generally used to enclose material more remote from the main thrust of the sentence, dashes for material more closely related[1].
Although in English the accepted typographic practice is to leave no space between the dash and the words next to it, our current software limitations make it advisable to separate the dash from its neighbours with a space — as, in fact, is the custom in French.
In standard English, mid-sentence punctuation is not restricted to commas. Dashes and parentheses both are useful in structuring sentences visually for the reader.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pexpsn7wwmadrpcb6hqpeskx/bafkreieiq2whfa7xckwj54mthapzsenv6eaqpfr4uscpkqoptddkjje7hq@jpeg)
October 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you, Canada, for the most detailed style guide, but also a case study on how software may shape how language standards evolve (suspiciously in French).
Okay but if qubits mean computers can process larger amounts of data, don’t they just make the data storage problem even worse?
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Okay but if qubits mean computers can process larger amounts of data, don’t they just make the data storage problem even worse?