Scott Timcke

OPINION | Can #AI be ‘democratic’? This article for @csmonitor discusses how AI is being shaped by developments such as @OpenAI For Countries. RIA's @ScottTimcke contributes, “Who’s controlling it? And do they have anyone overseeing them?” Read it 🖇️ bit.ly/4mp04rn

READ | Senior Research Associate @ScottTimcke shares his perspective & analysis on AI, inequality and democracy as part of the @techpolicypress article series 'The Coming Age of Tech Trillionaires and the Challenge to Democracy'. techpolicy.press/ai-inequality-…

READ | 'AI’s Next Frontier Could Supercharge Tax Havens. Here’s Why That Matters' by RIA Senior Research Associate, Dr @ScottTimcke for the African Legal Studies Blog. #JustAI

Invitation | T20 Africa High-Level Policy Dialogue, featuring a keynote address by South Africa's Deputy President @PMashatile Register to join us virtually: t20southafrica.org/events/t20-afr… 🤝Hosted by @NEPAD_Agency @IGD_SA @SAIIA_info @ujipatc

New fellowship opportunity @UniofOxford for African and Indian faculty working on applications of AI in science (@OxIndiaCentre and @Africa_Oxford) Application close on 28 April (12noon BST). For more info and to submit your application: shorturl.at/SEeFO

Today Senior Research Associate at RIA, Dr @ScottTimcke made an oral submission on the UN's Zero Draft of the Terms of Reference & Modalities for the Establishment and Functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on #AI & the Global Dialogue on #AIGovernance.

In CNTI’s latest Newsletter, @ScottTimcke reflects on how South Africans embrace AI in journalism and what it means for news access, trust, and innovation. A compelling look at the intersection of technology and media in a changing landscape. Read more: mailchi.mp/innovating.new…

A Digital Transformation of Government Roadmap for South Africa has been approved by the cabinet. It addresses issues of interdepartmental coordination, outdated systems, overlapping mandates, and limited skills or capacity, which affect public service delivery, efficiency.

🔔 OUT NOW: March Newsletter! 🔔 Including: -3 new reports on journalism in the age of AI & public expectations -@ScottTimcke on South Africa’s openness to AI in news -A a look ahead to the next few months Read: mailchi.mp/innovating.new…

@ScottTimcke 🗣️ LISTEN NOW: Audio version of CNTI’s March newsletter powered by @Google NotebookLM! Tune in here: drive.google.com/file/d/1X6w_hp…

The hasty deployment of AI in government demands caution. "It is essential prudence when the mechanisms of democracy itself are at stake", cautions @ScottTimcke in his latest @AfrikaTechnoPol blog. 1/2 afrikatechnopolicy.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-ha…

@ScottTimcke: "Without sufficient evidence-building and careful implementation, we risk creating a ‘chatbot democracy", that simulates responsiveness while fundamentally altering the citizen-government relationship in ways we scarcely understand." 2/2

@Leon_Schreib the lines of the Long Street VFS office are into the street. Why are citizens outside? What if it was raining? No staff on duty to answer questions. Such terrible service I shudder to think about what awaits upstairs.

@Leon_Schreib the lines at the Long Street VFS branch are into the street. Why are we outside? What if it were raining? And there are no staff on duty to answer questions. Is this the service citizens deserve? I shudder to think what awaits upstairs.

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"One of the most difficult challenges posed by agentic #AI is how to assign responsibility when something goes wrong." @ScottTimcke ow.ly/GTFT50Vaa1v

@AfrikaTechnoPol Thanks!

"A democratic future depends on our ability to make AI’s power legitimate": powerful, crisp analysis by @ScottTimcke. How Agentic AI challenges democracy. transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/how…

.@ScottTimcke, author of 'Algorithms and the End of Politics', explores how agentic #AI, with its autonomous decision-making, threatens democratic principles by undermining transparency, accountability and human control. ow.ly/1mWH50Va9XZ

AI's next frontier could supercharge tax havens - and the implications could be acute suggests @ScottTimcke. His latest @AfrikaTechnoPol commentary outlines three elements to a coordinated global response to the emerging reality of "agentic AI". 1/2 afrikatechnopolicy.blogspot.com/2025/02/ais-ne…