Baroness Joanna Shields on the 'Human Transition': keeping humans in charge of AI change
joannashields · x · 2026-10-16
- All Tech Is Human's Responsible Tech Voices series profiles Baroness Joanna Shields — UK minister turned CEO of Precognition and founder of WeProtect Global Alliance.
- She frames her current work as the "Human Transition": helping people adapt to AI while retaining agency, drawing on four decades across tech and government.
- Her warning: as AI behaves more human-like, resist projecting human ideas of identity, interests, or moral standing onto these systems.
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