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Spotting the Cracks in AI Built for Vulnerable Moments
Teams usually find the risks in emotionally sensitive AI only after users do. Drawing on 15+ years of technical and creative systems, the harm often lands first on those least able to absorb it. How early can a builder…
What Opera, Clowning and Safety Engineering Teach About AI
Engineers judge technology on speed, but performers judge a room by its mood. What would an AI system do if it read the room the way a performer…
How Founders Turn Advanced Research Into Products People Trust
Early-stage founders usually treat responsibility and risk as work for later, once the product finds its market. With 15+ years in industry, academia…
Who Is Responsible When AI Gets It Wrong?
When an AI product causes harm, the founder, developer and model provider can each point elsewhere. Who is actually answerable when a human-facing AI…
Where AI Regulation Misses Real-World Use
AI rules focus on models and risk categories, so how products are actually used slips through. Across 15+ years of turning advanced research into…
AI Isn’t Going to Kill Us - But It Could Still Hurt Us
The AI safety debate fixates on dramatic scenarios, yet everyday emotional harms get far less attention. A Common Sense Media survey found 72% of…
Why Human-Facing AI Needs an Outside Examiner
Most people assume AI safety checks are independent, but the product's makers usually run them. More than 15 years of ventures where technology meets…
A Founder’s Journey
Founders often assume a working AI product is ready to sell, then ask about risk after launch. What would change if your toughest critic reviewed the…
What Live Performance Teaches About Building AI That Knows When to Stop
People tend to think a better system responds faster, but a good performer knows when to wait. Over 15+ years building human-facing technology…
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