Ask
Say who you are and what is in front of you. You will get questions to take to a visit, a huddle, a pitch, or a kitchen table.
A talk goes wrong when it becomes a debate to win. It goes well when people try to understand the same thing.
For I want to start a conversation
Opening
What decision in this place is already being shaped by a system we do not govern?
What would public accountability look like for a tool we did not buy?
How do we talk about distant, severe risk without abandoning the harm that is already here?
Who is missing from the table that writes the next policy?
What is a small victory in ninety days, in this room's actual power?
Same questions, denser rooms. Go when you are ready — not as a test of seriousness.
Laws and policies against risks
MIT × Georgetown CSET
More than a thousand governance documents, mapped to the same risk shelves. Filter by domain, sector, lifecycle, and who in the value chain is named.
You need to see which risks a law, standard, or policy actually covers — and which it misses.
Shared values, internationally
OECD
Inclusive growth, human-centred values, transparency, robustness, accountability. Adopted by dozens of countries. A floor, not a plan.
You need a short, widely-endorsed list of what 'responsible' was supposed to mean.
Humanitarian practice
International Committee of the Red Cross
A humanitarian organisation's own rule for how it will, and will not, use AI. Useful as an exemplar of writing from principle rather than from product.
The conversation has reached weapons, targeting, or humanitarian data — or you want to see a principled institution write a policy.