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An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). This image depicts AI safety research to prevent its misuse and encourage beneficial uses. There four branching railway lines three of which fizzle out in match sticks lying in disarray

Public engagement with AI: Some obstacles and paradoxes

June 13, 2025

I recently listened to a webinar by social scientists who had studied what AI researchers say about public reception of AI. The most important words I heard were ‘evidence’ (about public attitudes to and inclusion in AI) and ‘voices’ (of communities underrepresented in or negatively impacted by AI). The main argument was, I think, that …

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A pop-up monkeypox consultation clinic and vaccination centre in Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand, glass doors and big sign saying Mpox consultation clinic

Mpox 2022: Lived experience, stigma and coping

February 28, 2025

Mpox is a disease that is caused by infection with a virus called MPXV. There are two major genetic groups (clades) of MPXV, clade I (formerly known as Central African or Congo basin clade) and clade II (formerly known as West African clade). In the last few years, two outbreaks made the news, one in 2022, caused by …

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