Wisdom versus Data: Something to Consider in the World of AI
We are all familiar with the Data Pyramid, but I want to give you a different interpretation on it. Especially, as it is applied today in...
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What's New
Some of my blog articles, events, videos or books!
Jun 16
When Regulators are Unable to Manage Industry Cross-Overs
We are seeing more movement of products across industries and the inability of regulators to catch these. Take for example the case of...
Jun 15
Right to Childhood in an AI, gamified online world.
The right to childhood (and its an ambiguous one) would fall more likely under The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), more...
Jun 8
Metaverse and Human Rights
If you are attending the EuroDIG - European Dialogue on Internet Governance 2024, please attend our panel jointly created with IEEE...
Jun 3
Future Government Skills
If you work in the public sector (or aspire to, or work with the government affairs department of a private sector company), this open...
May 11
Post-COVID
Post-COVID, life was supposed to get easier - we had onboarded AI and remote working/learning, embraced delivery services.....but we are...
May 10
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Soft Power
My new book chapter is out - Sovereign Wealth Funds and Soft Power. Often existing literature underestimates the long-term strategy of...
Apr 18
OECD-EU Online Workshop on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
I listened to two panels: "Competition in the market for foundation models” and “The role of data in development models.” The...
Apr 18
New AI proposal: INDIA
#EU has the #AIAct (first in the world). #USA has recommended the hiring of a Chief AI Officer for every Federal Agency. But, right now,...
Mar 26
Autonomous Avatars & Digital Me
According to Kozuka, “There can be three possible approaches to the law of avatars. They are to treat an avatar either as a device...
Mar 6
AI Enabled Business - Our Book Launch
Yesterday was special, we launched our new book, AI Enable Business: A Smart Decision Kit at MBR School of Government. We started this...
Jan 4
2024 Arab Strategy Forum: Diplomacy and World Events
A good part of diplomacy or political savvy is listening. If you want to shape the future – you need to be in the corridors, pursuing a...
Nov 8, 2023
AI Hardware - Geopolitics
AI is not just software - while much of the regulations/frameworks and guidelines focus on software and data - you do need to consider...
Nov 7, 2023
AI regulations: Review Oct-Nov 2023
AI regulations are coming fast! Besides the anticipated EU AI Act (which will have consequences for AI firms), there is lot more mention...
Sep 24, 2023
The Right to Work and the Metaverse
Here is a short video of the talk I gave at the Council of Europe on 14 September. The overview of the detailed study is available here:...
Sep 16, 2023
Council of Europe: Metaverse
Presented on the topic of #Metaverse as an expert at an informal meeting to the Committee of Ministers, Council of Europe on 14th...
Mar 6, 2023
Day Zero: Innovation & Governance Trip to Berlin
The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government is abroad with its Innovation and Governance study trip. Most of the students belong to the...
Feb 19, 2023
World Government Summit 2023: Four-day Recap
I spent four days at the World Government Summit, and though I flitted from one session to another, I honestly can say I did not do full...
Feb 3, 2023
The Grey Areas of AI Decision Making
AI decision making is complex. It is a mixture of human and machine decisions. A machine does not train itself, nor does it decide its...
Oct 28, 2022
Statecraft and the Drift away from Humanities....
This graph is from the WIPO 2022 report. It is worrisome as the publications in humanities (and social sciences) are being drowned out by...
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