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Tony Robinson

I'm a Research Software Engineer at Ulster University and cofounder of TechEthics Limited Interested in data science, Machine learning and AI.

Location Derry, Northern Ireland Joined Joined on  github website

Education

Ulster University, BENG/PhD

Pronouns

He/Him

Work

Research Software Engineer at Ulster University + Cofounder/CTO of Techethics Ltd

When Algorithms Take Sides: Bias, Legitimacy and Intelligent Systems in Contested Spaces

When Algorithms Take Sides: Bias, Legitimacy and Intelligent Systems in Contested Spaces

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Transitional Justice and Its Discontents: Truth, Reconciliation and the Limits of Both

Transitional Justice and Its Discontents: Truth, Reconciliation and the Limits of Both

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The Accountability Gap: Governing Autonomous Systems in Zones of Conflict

The Accountability Gap: Governing Autonomous Systems in Zones of Conflict

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Rebuilding Trust in Institutions After the Guns Fall Silent

Rebuilding Trust in Institutions After the Guns Fall Silent

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PeaceTech at the Frontline: Can Intelligent Systems Build Trust Instead of Break It?

PeaceTech at the Frontline: Can Intelligent Systems Build Trust Instead of Break It?

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Narrative Warfare: How Intelligent Systems Shape the Information Battlefield

Narrative Warfare: How Intelligent Systems Shape the Information Battlefield

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Memory and Forgetting: How Societies Decide Which Past to Carry Forward

Memory and Forgetting: How Societies Decide Which Past to Carry Forward

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Machine-Mediated Reconciliation: The Promise and Peril of AI-Assisted Dialogue

Machine-Mediated Reconciliation: The Promise and Peril of AI-Assisted Dialogue

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Machine-Mediated Reconciliation: How AI Can Hold Space for Difficult Conversations

Machine-Mediated Reconciliation: How AI Can Hold Space for Difficult Conversations

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Intelligent Systems in Post-Conflict Recovery and Oversight: A Comprehensive Overview

Intelligent Systems in Post-Conflict Recovery and Oversight: A Comprehensive Overview

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From Targeting to Dialogue: Reframing AI's Place in Conflict Transformation

From Targeting to Dialogue: Reframing AI's Place in Conflict Transformation

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Detecting the Spark: AI Early-Warning Systems for Emerging Violence

Detecting the Spark: AI Early-Warning Systems for Emerging Violence

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Digital Twins of Divided Societies: Modelling Conflict at Population Scale

Digital Twins of Divided Societies: Modelling Conflict at Population Scale

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Beyond the Peace Agreement: Why Signing Is the Easy Part

Beyond the Peace Agreement: Why Signing Is the Easy Part

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The Stagnation of Communities: When Conflict Ends but Cooperation Never Begins

The Stagnation of Communities: When Conflict Ends but Cooperation Never Begins

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The Role of AI in Societies Rebuilding After Conflict: A Comprehensive Analysis

The Role of AI in Societies Rebuilding After Conflict: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Fragile by Design: Why Some Peace Settlements Hold and Others Collapse

Fragile by Design: Why Some Peace Settlements Hold and Others Collapse

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Dealing With the Past While Building the Future: The Central Tension of Peacebuilding

Dealing With the Past While Building the Future: The Central Tension of Peacebuilding

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When the Stakes Are Peace: AI Oversight in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings

When the Stakes Are Peace: AI Oversight in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings

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Trusted, Local, Accountable: Sovereign AI as a Foundation for Digital Trust

Trusted, Local, Accountable: Sovereign AI as a Foundation for Digital Trust

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The Trust Dividend: How Robust Governance Becomes Commercial Advantage

The Trust Dividend: How Robust Governance Becomes Commercial Advantage

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The Role of AI and Bias in Training Peace in Divided Societies

The Role of AI and Bias in Training Peace in Divided Societies

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The Quiet Failures: Monitoring for the AI Problems That Don't Announce Themselves

The Quiet Failures: Monitoring for the AI Problems That Don't Announce Themselves

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The Guardrails Paradox: Why Constraint Is What Lets AI Move Fast

The Guardrails Paradox: Why Constraint Is What Lets AI Move Fast

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Standards Worth Meeting: What Good Looks Like in AI Governance

Standards Worth Meeting: What Good Looks Like in AI Governance

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Sovereign by Design: Governance Frameworks for Nationally Controlled AI

Sovereign by Design: Governance Frameworks for Nationally Controlled AI

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Show Your Working: Why Auditable AI Beats Explainable AI

Show Your Working: Why Auditable AI Beats Explainable AI

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Red Lines and Early Warnings: Operational Risk Management for Deployed Models

Red Lines and Early Warnings: Operational Risk Management for Deployed Models

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Oversight Where It Matters Most: AI Governance Beyond the Low-Risk Use Case

Oversight Where It Matters Most: AI Governance Beyond the Low-Risk Use Case

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Oversight That Ships: Making AI Governance a Feature, Not a Friction

Oversight That Ships: Making AI Governance a Feature, Not a Friction

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Governance at the Speed of Deployment: Keeping Pace Without Losing Control

Governance at the Speed of Deployment: Keeping Pace Without Losing Control

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Accountable in the Hard Cases: Why Contested Environments Are the Real Test of AI Governance

Accountable in the Hard Cases: Why Contested Environments Are the Real Test of AI Governance

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Governance After Go-Live: Why Oversight Can't Stop at Deployment

Governance After Go-Live: Why Oversight Can't Stop at Deployment

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From Compliance to Confidence: Reframing What AI Oversight Is For

From Compliance to Confidence: Reframing What AI Oversight Is For

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From Cloud to Constitution: Embedding Public Values in Sovereign AI

From Cloud to Constitution: Embedding Public Values in Sovereign AI

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Evidence, Not Assurances: What a Real AI Audit Trail Looks Like

Evidence, Not Assurances: What a Real AI Audit Trail Looks Like

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Closing the Accountability Gap: The Distance Between Decision and Responsibility

Closing the Accountability Gap: The Distance Between Decision and Responsibility

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Catching Drift Before It Costs You: Continuous Oversight for Live AI Systems

Catching Drift Before It Costs You: Continuous Oversight for Live AI Systems

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Building AI Oversight Before You're Made To: A Comprehensive Guide

Building AI Oversight Before You're Made To: A Comprehensive Guide

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Building Accountability Into AI Systems by Design: Who Watches the Model?

Building Accountability Into AI Systems by Design: Who Watches the Model?

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Between Principle and Practice: Turning AI Ethics Frameworks Into Working Controls

Between Principle and Practice: Turning AI Ethics Frameworks Into Working Controls

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Governing the Ungovernable: Oversight for AI in Sensitive Social Domains

Governing the Ungovernable: Oversight for AI in Sensitive Social Domains

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Autonomous Weapons and the Erosion of Meaningful Human Control

Autonomous Weapons and the Erosion of Meaningful Human Control

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From Battlefield to Newsfeed: How Generative AI Is Rewriting the Fog of War

From Battlefield to Newsfeed: How Generative AI Is Rewriting the Fog of War

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Governing the Ungovernable: Lessons from Arms Control for Frontier AI

Governing the Ungovernable: Lessons from Arms Control for Frontier AI

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Listening at Scale: AI, Early Warning, and the Future of Atrocity Prevention

Listening at Scale: AI, Early Warning, and the Future of Atrocity Prevention

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Narrative Warfare in the Age of Agents: Mapping the New Influence Pipeline

Narrative Warfare in the Age of Agents: Mapping the New Influence Pipeline

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Peace by Pattern: Can Machine Learning Predict Conflict Before It Ignites?

Peace by Pattern: Can Machine Learning Predict Conflict Before It Ignites?

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PeaceTech's Awkward Question: Whose Values Get Coded Into Reconciliation Tools?

PeaceTech's Awkward Question: Whose Values Get Coded Into Reconciliation Tools?

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Synthetic Witnesses: Deepfakes, Evidence, and the Collapse of Visual Trust

Synthetic Witnesses: Deepfakes, Evidence, and the Collapse of Visual Trust

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The Disinformation Dividend: Why Hostile Actors Love Large Language Models

The Disinformation Dividend: Why Hostile Actors Love Large Language Models

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When Algorithms Take Sides: The Quiet Politics of AI in Conflict Zones

When Algorithms Take Sides: The Quiet Politics of AI in Conflict Zones

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Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes and the Death of Visual Evidence

Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes and the Death of Visual Evidence

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Platform Liability in the Age of Synthetic Media: Who Is Responsible?

Platform Liability in the Age of Synthetic Media: Who Is Responsible?

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Journalists in the Crosshairs: Deepfakes as a Tool of Authoritarian Suppression

Journalists in the Crosshairs: Deepfakes as a Tool of Authoritarian Suppression

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From Satire to Sabotage: Where Does Deepfake Creativity Cross the Line?

From Satire to Sabotage: Where Does Deepfake Creativity Cross the Line?

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Children, Schools, and Synthetic Harm: The Safeguarding Crisis No One Is Talking About

Children, Schools, and Synthetic Harm: The Safeguarding Crisis No One Is Talking About

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Democracy in the Age of Manufactured Truth: Deepfakes and Electoral Integrity

Democracy in the Age of Manufactured Truth: Deepfakes and Electoral Integrity

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Regulating the Unregulatable: Why Existing Frameworks Fail Against Synthetic Media

Regulating the Unregulatable: Why Existing Frameworks Fail Against Synthetic Media

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Synthetic Faces, Real Harm: The Psychological Impact of Non-Consensual Deepfake Imagery

Synthetic Faces, Real Harm: The Psychological Impact of Non-Consensual Deepfake Imagery

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