Somewhere Worth Living
Some thoughts on the Britain we might grow into, and what we owe the places we inherit.
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Writing
Essays on AI, government, history and the questions that stay with me.
Follow via RSSYour Country Needs Builders
What my Innovation Fellowship taught me about learned helplessness, building teams and leaving government more capable than you found it.
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I Gave an AI a Civilization to Run. It Built a Nuke.
Either AI is ready to help run a country, or it can't be trusted with a board game. The honest answer is both.
20 min read
You Can't Shame a Fork
Accountability has always assumed a persistent identity. What happens when AI ends that?
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When the Agents Found God
This is either the most important thing happening in AI right now, or the most elaborate shitpost in history.
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Writing elsewhere
Pieces I’ve written, on my own and with colleagues, published beyond this site.
Why We Built CentreAI Codify
Why making statute books machine-readable is a practical foundation for reform.
By Liam Wilkinson
How to build a high-impact AI team inside the state?
Our playbook for building the Incubator: choosing problems, testing ideas and getting useful services into government.
With Alexander De Ville, Alex Jones, Sharif Kazemi and Shahrukh Wani
Singapore
What we learned from GovTech about technical talent, shared infrastructure and giving public servants room to build.
With Vikie Bew
Improving Legislative Drafting with Lex
An early account of Lex and our work to help government lawyers search, navigate and explain legislation.
By Liam Wilkinson