Notes From My Desk…
This is where I publish my thinking as it develops.
Some posts explore AI governance, public policy, accessibility, education, and technology. Others are observations about learning, digital culture, or the systems that shape everyday life. Not everything fits neatly into a single category, and that's intentional.
I publish when there is something worth saying rather than to a fixed schedule. Sometimes that means several posts in a week. Sometimes it means a longer pause while I'm researching or building something new.
Can you govern AI you do not know you have?
AI may already be embedded in ordinary workplace systems. A live inventory is necessary before an organisation can apply meaningful oversight and assurance.
Can your staff recognise when they should not trust AI?
AI literacy must prepare staff to recognise unreliable or inappropriate uses and know when to verify, pause, reject or escalate an AI output.
What would change if the public disagreed?
Public engagement creates legitimacy only when people can still influence an AI system’s purpose, boundaries, safeguards or conditions of use.
Can the person affected actually challenge the decision?
Human oversight is not meaningful unless a person can understand an AI-supported decision, introduce missing context and obtain a different outcome.