#27: A Practical Guide to Building Ethical AI with Oliver Smith

"Trust is the canvas that we operate on without really recognising it" — Oliver Smith Ollie is responsible for overall strategy and is Head of Ethics at Koa Health, alongside establishing and maintaining strong partnerships, and business model development. He has extensive experience in strategy and innovation across a range of sectors. Before joining Koa he was Director of Strategy and Innovation at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, responsible for investing £100m over five years in innovations across acute, primary, and integrated care, and biomedical research and digital health. He was a Senior Civil Servant in the UK Department of Health; responsible for UK Tobacco Control Policy, and wrote the government’s first comprehensive childhood obesity strategy. Oliver was also a Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit under Tony Blair. He has an MA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University. This episode is brought to you by Audible! Audible has the largest selection of audiobooks on the planet. Audible is kindly offering AI Asia Pacific listeners two free audiobooks with a 30-day trial membership. Click here and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs. If you are listening on Apple Podcasts, make sure you subscribe to see the link. Then, download your free title and start listening! It’s that easy. Looking for book recommendations? We highly recommend Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil. *** For show notes and past guests, please visit https://aiasiapacific.org/index.php/podcasts/.fsa If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring the podcast, please email us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter to stay in touch.