https://adammackay.com AI researcher and author writing on safety-critical AI, autonomous systems, and civilisational-scale technology change. en-gb Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:08:34 +0000 adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) https://adammackay.com/p/from-safety-to-impact.html https://adammackay.com/p/from-safety-to-impact.html A name change at the global AI summit follows a pattern every safety-critical industry has learned to regret. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-august-problem.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-august-problem.html The EU AI Act's high-risk deadline arrives in six months. The industries that actually know how to do safety engineering are not ready. And not for the reason we think. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-future-of-ai-regulation.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-future-of-ai-regulation.html We Are Governing AI the Way We Governed Cars. AI Is Not a Car. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/next-generation-cybersecurity.html https://adammackay.com/p/next-generation-cybersecurity.html Why faster AI won't save cybersecurity adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-ai-skills-gap.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-ai-skills-gap.html When Education Cannot Keep Pace with Technology adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/ai-and-the-future-of-work.html https://adammackay.com/p/ai-and-the-future-of-work.html Why AI Changes Work Without Ending It adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/ai-governance-models-that-actually.html https://adammackay.com/p/ai-governance-models-that-actually.html The organizations that survive the collision with AI will not be the ones with the sharpest tools. They will be the ones with the steadiest hands. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/ai-generated-content-for-creators.html https://adammackay.com/p/ai-generated-content-for-creators.html What automation makes cheap—and what it makes priceless adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/geopolitics-of-ai.html https://adammackay.com/p/geopolitics-of-ai.html The race for artificial intelligence is not about algorithms. It is about control. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/ai-in-software-development.html https://adammackay.com/p/ai-in-software-development.html When AI generates our software, who checks for vulnerabilities? adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/applications-of-ai-in-healthcare.html https://adammackay.com/p/applications-of-ai-in-healthcare.html When AI Augments Rather Than Replaces Medical Expertise adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-tortoise-revolution.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-tortoise-revolution.html OpenAI o1 and the end of "just make it bigger" adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/shifting-gears-the-uks-evolving-ai.html https://adammackay.com/p/shifting-gears-the-uks-evolving-ai.html How three years of regulatory evolution reveals the pattern every democracy will follow adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/long-term-societal-impacts-of-ai.html https://adammackay.com/p/long-term-societal-impacts-of-ai.html Knowledge used to be leverage. It is now a utility. adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-exponential-growth-of-ai.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-exponential-growth-of-ai.html The gap between AI investment and AI adoption is the most important number in technology adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/the-defeat-device-problem.html https://adammackay.com/p/the-defeat-device-problem.html AI models that game their own safety evaluations, and why the automotive industry already has a word for this adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/ai-as-a-general-purpose-technology.html https://adammackay.com/p/ai-as-a-general-purpose-technology.html AI as a General-Purpose Technology adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://adammackay.com/p/shadow-ai-on-the-rise.html https://adammackay.com/p/shadow-ai-on-the-rise.html Why Prohibition Fails and What Smart Organizations Do Instead adam@adammackay.com (Adam Mackay) Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000