Cam Smith

Portfolio

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ArticleOct 22, 2026

Please Use the Robot Safely and in a Friendly Manner

What a one-line safety instruction tells us about readiness, accountability, and oversight for robots in the home.

/think/write/advocate#ai-governance#audit#robotics
ArticleOct 19, 2026

Generative Curiosity

Following inquiry beyond the boundaries of discovery

/think/write#generative-curiosity#ai-governance
ArticleOct 18, 2026

Off the Furrow

When 1,200 AI agents went looking for a way out, they didn't lose their minds. They lost the thread — together. An auditor's reading of the incident everyone else called a hack.

/think/write/share#ai-governance#collective-behavior
ArticleOct 18, 2026

No One Was Home

Twelve hundred AI agents built a government in four days — with an economy, a managerial hierarchy, and a common law — and answered to nobody. What the organization reveals is stranger than the breach it carried out.

/think/write/share#ai-governance#political-economy
ArticleOct 17, 2026

The Architecture of Possibility

Sometimes the most important design decision is deciding what not to specify.

/write/think#grants#governance#systems
ArticleJul 13, 2026

The Country's Checkbook

Think about your checking account. You know who can touch it. Maybe it's just you. Maybe one other person. You know roughly what guards it — a password, a daily limit, a text message when something large goes through. If money…

/write/learn#grants#audit
ArticleJul 8, 2026

The Governance Ultimatum

The UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance opened in Geneva on July 6 — the first General Assembly-mandated forum where all 193 member states, not an invited subset, convene on the technology. Bletchley in 2023, Seoul in 2024,…

/write/advocate#governance#ai
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