Be a Node: AI Ethics, Governance and You

Ep 06 with Louise Humpington, Lawyer, International Development Specialist & AI Ethics Advocate. Jun 4, 47 min.

Louise Humpington introduces the mycelium network as a way of thinking about AI governance: not linear, not confined to one team or industry, but pervasive and multi-nodal, meaning accountability has to be distributed the same way.

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About this episode

She and Mercy cover real-world AI harms, a healthcare tool that nearly got a serious decision wrong, and what every woman building with AI tools needs to know about IP and code ownership.

In her words

Be a node.

Louise Humpington

Key moments

• The mycelium network analogy for distributed AI governance
• A healthcare tool that almost got a dangerous decision wrong
• What every woman building with AI needs to know about IP and code ownership