Tag: #ailiteracy

  • Be-long-ing

    How to be, to long, and to belong, when AI keeps getting in the way I spend a lot of time with young people. (I swear it keeps me young!) Whether through the everyday chaos of our home, with my daughters and their friends spending time around my kitchen table, mentoring through tech programmes, or…

  • Counting Change

    (& not the kind found between sofa cushions) December always invites reflection. It’s also the month in which I’ve made some of the most significant changes in my career. This December marks two years since I stepped down as CEO of the educational charity I founded, Digital Moment / Kids Code Jeunesse, after eleven years. It’s…

  • Literacy in Context

    Excerpt from my book, Am I Literate? Redefining Literacy in the Age of AI Literacy means more than knowing how to read and write; it is an understanding of how we interact with the world around us and our active role in shaping it. It is how we share with others—how we express our experiences,…

  • My Keynote Speech – UNESCO International Literacy Day

    On September 8 2025, I delivered the keynote at UNESCO in Paris for International Literacy Day, joining UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini (UNESCO September 8 2025) There is not a time that I can recall when I could not read or write. A sign of privilege—tied to my access to education, one that…

  • Could AI deregulation Kill Innovation?

    (photo: United Nations HQ) This week, I was mentoring a team of US-based university students preparing to submit a paper for the 2025 ACM FAccT Conference (Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency). They’re diving into the complex world of intellectual property and AI governance in the United States—not the easiest of topics. Their paper was…

  • Annnnndddd…it’s out!

    It’s a very strange feeling to know that other people are reading the thoughts that run through my head…which is what happens when I write. Apologies in advance. And when I put those thoughts together in a book, publish it, ask people to spend their hard-earned money to buy it. Ouf. Weird, scary, exciting. Am…