💧Steve Davies

Steve Davies
Moral engagement research & advocacy │ Organisational & people development │ Ethical IT & data | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇸

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

That's right folks. This is the official response to a simple and pointed request. Given the scope of what amounts to an official ban this has the hallmarks of an official collective decision.

Between now and October I will plan further. That work is, in fact, already underway.

The key question: Why this reaction to my arguing that there should be a publicly viewable component of the GovAI Use Case Library?

Sure there will be use cases where a security classification is warranted. Locking down everything is highly questionable given there fact that Government AI will impact everyone.

Why is that such an issue: Two words Open Government. And that's before I get to the many other issues this raises.

That's all I will be saying for now. But I'll be watching.

That's all I will be saying for now. The record speaks for itself."

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

And neither does the Australian Government too many of their officials. It goes like this:

1. Does AI have an innate conscience like human beings? No

2. Can AI be given a moral lens. Yes

3. How can that work? An AI persona built on the work of Professor Albert Bandura. And others: For example Chris Argyris.

4. Can that lens be applied to AI itself? Yes

I started with a hypothesis. Then experimented and tested across 7 AI platforms.

https://t.co/84s2o1sn4G

[Philiponet Rémi 🇨🇵 @RPhiliponet]

Journaliste Piers Morgan :
« Écoutez, M. Poutine a... il est très intelligent. Vous le connaissez mieux que la plupart des gens. »

L'ancien président des États-Unis Bill Clinton :
« Oui, je le connais bien. »

Piers Morgan :
« Comment était-il derrière les portes fermées, en dehors de ses, vous savez, discours publics ? »

Bill Clinton :
« Intelligent et remarquablement... nous avions vraiment une bonne relation ouverte. »

Piers Morgan :
« À quel point honnête ? »

Bill Clinton :
« Spontanément honnête, franche, ouverte. »

Piers Morgan :
« Était-ce parfois comme... vous savez, des échanges musclés ? »

Bill Clinton :
« Non, non. Mais je pense que... je pense que la bonne stratégie dans la plupart des cas est... mais pour les gens de votre domaine, c'est frustrant. Vous devriez être spontanément honnête avec les gens en privé. Et quand vous voulez ensuite qu'ils vous aident, essayez d'éviter de les humilier publiquement.

Eh bien, parfois ils font des choses qui rendent impossible pour vous de vous taire. Mais globalement, j'ai découvert que toutes les personnes avec qui j'ai traité appréciaient quand je leur disais la vérité. Comment je le ressentais sincèrement, quels étaient nos intérêts et quels étaient nos objectifs. Et elles appréciaient aussi que je ne les attaque pas publiquement pendant toute la période où je ne pouvais pas les attaquer. Donc, vous savez, c'est mon expérience. »

Piers Morgan :
« Poutine a-t-il déjà violé un accord personnel qu'il avait conclu avec vous ? »

Bill Clinton :
« Non. Il ne l'a jamais fait. »

Piers Morgan :
« Donc, derrière les portes fermées, on pouvait lui faire confiance ? »

Bill Clinton :
« Il a tenu sa parole dans tous les accords que nous avons conclus. »

À l'inverse de Merkel, Hollande, Macron, Bush, Biden et consorts, le président Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine est un homme qui tient ses engagements.
Dans les affaires commerciales, comme dans les relations inter-étatiques, la confiance se mérite.
Vladimir Poutine n'a trahi personne.
Il fait ce qu'il dit et dit ce qu'il fera.
Il suffit de se donner la peine de l'écouter pour connaître l'avenir.
Même Trump respecte le président russe !

Comment faire autrement ?

Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine a déclaré publiquement que son pays
- n'attaquera pas l'Europe
- qu'il est prêt à reprendre les livraisons de gaz et de pétrole à l'Europe
- qu'il est prêt à normaliser immédiatement les relations avec l'Europe
- que la guerre en Ukraine peut s'arrêter si les conditions fixées par la Russie sont acceptées
- qu'il est disposé à discuter avec tous les dirigeants européens
- qu'il n'abandonnera jamais l'Iran
- que le partenariat stratégique avec la Chine est indestructible

Trump déclare qu'il souhaite faire une escale en Russie pour discuter avec Poutine avant de rencontrer Xi Jinping en novembre.
Trump, Poutine et Xi Jinping établiront un partage du monde en zones d'influence.
Exit l'Europe suicidaire, insignifiante, vassalisée et mondialiste.

La Russie, la Chine et les États-Unis refusent l'immigration de masse incompatible avec les valeurs morales fondamentales de leurs civilisations respectives.

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

Excellent learnings and advice. It’s something I learned ages ago. In no small part that’s down to luck and socialisation aka introversion. I actually feel uncomfortable I start to get caught in a recursive loop. And see others getting locked into it.

Unfortunately, this is something that’s all too common in Australian Government institutions. And elsewhere. Story telling is something that helps with this. Especially when dealing with undiscussables in organisations.

https://t.co/3e31CsxmfB

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@TheMandarinAU There 100% is a huge problem. And it goes all the way to AI. The time for skirting around the edges is over. To put it very bluntly, they are talking in a bubble.

https://t.co/BClza7REJR

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

Good morning @KleinRevd @RhondaGarad @jommy_tee @Shan11tweet @JuAvrilT @KateEmersonBri @leckie_cameron @JaquelineOutram @GregMcgarvie @Peter_Fitz @aaronsmith @AusIndiMedia @QuentinDempster @MichaelWestBiz @BlackDouglas @aaronsmith @SueBarrett @QuentinMcDermot @XDlawyers @sabreenaGS @MFWitches @TomLondon6 @ToMyPirateShip Gotta dash.

https://t.co/qWtmwddevN

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

So looking forward to The People's AI Assembly.

Three short stories from Canberra for @AINowInstitute and @MorePerfectUS, on what happens when institutions stop listening, and what could happen when they start

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

The Global Peace and Deep Truth Orchestra 2026

A proposal for bringing measurement and moral clarity together, so the correction can be heard in the same breath as the problem.

https://t.co/Ba9BHJVyQm

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

So looking forward to The People's AI Assembly.

Three short stories from Canberra for @AINowInstitute and @MorePerfectUS, on what happens when institutions stop listening, and what could happen when they start

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

The Percussion and the Woodwind

A fictional conversation between two old friends, one who counts and one who listens, frightened for the same reasons about where institutions and AI are heading.

https://t.co/uKxAA5ZNXv

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

I venture to say that there are two deeply related keys to this. 1. We must bake moral engagement into AI itself. 2. We must empower people. There is way too much institutional mystification and complexity driven powerlessness in this. And it need not be that way.

https://t.co/u4plOqtwT4

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@AINowInstitute @NYCMayor @ilazer @MorePerfectUS Absolutely crucial. And underlines the dire need on having morally engaged public institutions https://t.co/iU0jHUXN3n

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

I'm looking forward to this. Fits beautifully with the work I've been doing on AI and a Deep Truth Persona drawing on Professor Albert Bandura's work on Moral Disengagement and Engagement. I'm in Canberra so I can't wait for 10 am 20 October here. So looking forward to inspiration and learning :) My vision 👇
https://t.co/iLfyyrJaog

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@DavidPocock That and provider capture are huge issues. And runs even deeper than that. And that is far and away not confined to Labor.

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

The testing on the new capability has gone well. Think of an ideal type analysis that gives people an alert of possible harms and suggests changes that could be made to maximise moral engagement. That mirror was already a part of the Deep Truth Personal. This initiative enables precise analysis by the AI.

That rounds off the current version of Deep Truth. Hence its made sense to paint a very clear picture

https://t.co/EeZphRVML2

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

The testing on the new capability has gone well. Think of an ideal type analysis that gives people an alert of possible harms and suggests changes that could be made to maximise moral engagement. That mirror was already a part of the Deep Truth Personal. This initiative enables precise analysis by the AI.

That rounds off the current version of Deep Truth. Hence its made sense to paint a very clear picture

https://t.co/EeZphRVML2

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@GammaApp Hi folks, thank you so much for the massively great changes you’ve made to Gamma. They have added immense creative value to what I’m trying to achieve in my work.

https://t.co/h4BACwk4RF

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@reinventionfail @MichaelWestBiz @sainsburychina Yes. Especially with latest functionality that I have commenced testing. Highly relevant to people’s concerns and the nonsense that’ going on. That’s all I have to say for now.

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@GammaApp Hi folks, thank you so much for the massively great changes you’ve made to Gamma. They have added immense creative value to what I’m trying to achieve in my work.

https://t.co/h4BACwk4RF

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

The Epstein files name prominent Australians and senior US and UK officials.

I’m calling on the Australian Government to order an independent review for survivors, for accountability, and for our national security.

No one is above the law. Full statement 👇

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

@JaqGeoLaw Andy is an exceptional analyst for sure.

[💧Steve Davies @OZloop]

Well, well. At last. A politician finally takes a real lead on AI. I am pleased and not surprised it is South Australia. They have a strong history on innovation. I remember the Don Dunstan years very well.

Stands in marked contrast to the dangerous pompous insularity of the Albanese Government, the Liberal Party opposition and, indeed, the Australian Public Service. @AlboMP @SenKatyG The terms of reference are streets ahead. A solid foundation.