Episode 7: Guest: Patrick “Paddy” Connolly | Global Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager

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Kamini Govender

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AI Ethics Navigator examines how emerging technologies are reshaping society, power, and everyday life. Hosted by Kamini Govender, each episode features researchers, advisors, and practitioners — including voices from UNESCO, the UN AI Advisory Body, and the Alan Turing Institute — exploring what ethics looks like in practice when technology meets society. Thoughtful, unhurried conversations linking ideas across disciplines and geographies, with Global South perspectives often missing from mainstream discourse. Connect with Kamini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamini-govender

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Episode 7: Guest: Patrick “Paddy” Connolly | Global Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager | Fellow, World Economic Forum

AI Ethics Navigator

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Episode 7: Guest: Patrick “Paddy” Connolly | Global Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager | Fellow, World Economic Forum

Originally published: 11 November 2025

Guest: Patrick “Paddy” Connolly | Global Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager | Fellow, World Economic Forum

Paddy Connolly is a Dublin-based Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager and a Fellow with the World Economic Forum. An electronic engineer by training, he has built his research career around implementing Responsible AI, conversational AI ethics, generative AI implementation, algorithmic fairness, and Responsible AI maturity frameworks. He has authored and co-authored multiple studies on Responsible AI, including work published in MIT Sloan Management Review. His most recent research contribution, Responsible AI in the Global Context: Maturity Model and Survey, examined over 1,000 organizations across 20 industries and 19 regions to assess Responsible AI maturity.

Topic: Building Trust in AI Systems: A Strategic Imperative

In this episode, we explore:

• RAI 1.0 vs RAI 2.0: How Responsible AI must evolve from static, pre-deployment risk management to dynamic, system-level governance that addresses real-time, post-deployment risks.

• Agentic AI and trust: Why the rise of AI agents—capable of autonomous decision-making and interaction—requires new infrastructure for persistent trust, monitoring, and accountability.

• Governance in practice: What board-level accountability for AI means in light of frameworks such as South Africa’s new King V Code on corporate governance.

• Global maturity findings: Insights from research showing that most organizations remain at early stages of Responsible AI implementation, with less than 1% demonstrating advanced maturity.

• Trust as value: How trust is moving beyond compliance toward becoming a strategic enabler for scaling AI safely and effectively.

• Human factors: The importance of multidisciplinary collaboration, behavioral science, and stakeholder involvement in mitigating bias and improving design.

• Conversational AI ethics: The psychological and ethical challenges of increasingly human-like systems, and the risks of emotional manipulation and misplaced trust.

• Ethics, justice, and connection: A reflective discussion on moral understanding, digital empathy, and how humanity can preserve genuine connection in an AI-mediated world.

“You can’t rely on pre-deployment mitigation anymore. We need to build the infrastructure that allows you to know what an agent is doing, why it’s doing it, and how to fix it when it goes wrong.”

"Thank you for inviting me to speak on your podcast. I had so much fun chatting with you, and it was great to speak with someone who cares so much about Responsible AI." Paddy Connolly

Episode length: 1 hour 7 minutes

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