Ryan Burns

These values will make AI safer & more transparent, accountable & environmentally sustainable for Washingtonians. They will help businesses establish trust & accelerate innovation while complying with the Dec 11, 2025 federal Executive Order on AI Policy. RAW will offer specific evaluations of these measures throughout the session.

Ryan has a new Op-ed in The Seattle Times . The main idea is that there's a very important distinction between human intelligence and machine computation. (He didn't choose the title, and is excited to have a conversation about it with anyone who is interested.) Access the PDF here . Don't Be Fooled: AI Is Only as 'Human' as It Is Trained to Be In a recent well-known AI policy podcast, the host asked the guest how long it will take artificial intelligence to surpass humans’ intelligence “in...

RAW has a new publication in the 7th Volume of the State of AI Ethics Report , published by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute . We're delighted to be part of this conversation! Special thanks to co-author and co-researcher Eliot Tretter for his work on this and on the broader project. Access the PDF here . AI in Oil and Gas: The Case of Alberta At first blush, AI and petroleum extraction might appear to be on opposite ends of the human experience: the former is based on data harvesting and...