Diplo Blog
Is the AI bubble about to burst? Five causes and five scenarios
01 December 2025
This text outlines five causes and five scenarios around the AI buble and potential burst.
Enhancing rather than replacing humanity with AI
01 December 2025
Is AI destined to replace us, or can it amplify what makes us human? From real-time translation bridging language gaps to tools that democratise expertise, we explore the path toward a human-centric AI future that empowers rather than diminishes us.
Why is Shadow AI dangerous for diplomats?
29 November 2025
Shadow AI poses a dual threat to modern diplomacy: it creates vulnerabilities for security breaches and erodes protected knowledge assets. To counter this challenge, the following analysis delves into the nature of Shadow AI and proposes effective pathways for diplomatic services to regain control.
Rethinking learning: Hope, solutions, and wisdom with AI in the classroom
24 November 2025
Dismissing AI's potential role in education is both futile and misguided. The technology exists, students are using it, and that won't change. The question is whether we can find ways to integrate AI that enhance rather than replace learning.
The entropy trap: When creativity forces AI into piracy
22 November 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual property rights, Internet governance and digital policy, Jurisdiction, Legal and regulatory
Can AI ever avoid reproducing what it learns? The GEMA vs OpenAI ruling suggests that the nature of creativity itself may trap generative models into copying.
AI in schools: The reality is messier than the solutions
18 November 2025
As the school year is in full swing, the issue of AI in schools and education keeps coming up everywhere. Teachers share stories in faculty lounges, parents worry at dinner tables, and students find themselves in a challenging environment where the guidelines and expectations are constantly changing. This isn’t a conversation we can postpone or […]
AI and the moral compass: What we can do vs what we should do
10 November 2025
Artificial intelligence offers extraordinary power to create, decide, and optimise and yet its most significant challenge is moral, not technical. The tension between what we can do and what we should do is as old as civilisation itself, from the Garden of Eden to the age of algorithms. As AI begins to touch every domain […]
AI, automation, and human dignity: Reimagining work beyond the paycheck
04 November 2025
As automation and AI transform entire industries, the real challenge lies not just in job loss but in preserving human dignity, purpose, and meaning in work. A humane approach to this transition must prioritise dignity-first design, accessible adaptation, and a redefinition of what counts as valuable human contribution, ensuring technology serves human flourishing, not just efficiency.
AI and human creativity: Who should hold the brush?
28 October 2025
‘I want AI to do my dishes so I can be free to write and paint, not to write and paint for me so I can wash the dishes.‘ This simple statement, which circulated widely on social media recently, captures a profound anxiety rippling through the creative world. As artificial intelligence progressively demonstrates the ability […]
AI as a companion in our most human moments
20 October 2025
A few months ago, I met someone whose story stayed with me. A friend of my cousin had recently received a cancer diagnosis. Amid the whirlwind of medical appointments, treatment plans, and the emotional weight of it all, she found an unexpected source of support: an AI chatbot. She told me that being able to […]
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