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Simon Mcdougall

Simon Mcdougall

Jul 28, 2026

20:10
So I think it sort of comes back down to not necessarily needing to know all the details, but enough confidence that it will perform reliably that gives you
20:22
trust.
20:23
And I think one of the key things there is that this is not a new conversation.
20:28
We have had trust conversations forever and ever.
20:31
One of my favorite stories around this is going back to 1891.
20:36
I think the US president's name was Benjamin Harrison.
20:39
I don't know from memory, so fingers crossed on that one.
23:10
So how do we bridge that gap? Back to Simon.
9:59
So I think it sort of comes back down to not necessarily needing to know all the details, but enough confidence that it will perform reliably,
10:10
that gives you trust.
10:11
And I think one of the key things there is that this is not a new conversation.
10:16
We have had trust conversations forever and ever.
10:19
One of my favorite stories around this is going back to 1891, I think the U.S. president's name was Benjamin Harrison.
10:27
I don't know from memory, so fingers crossed on that one.
10:30
They electrified the White House.

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How do you measure public confidence though when it comes to AI? That's trickier, isn't

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