Shaping the AI we want: A conversation with Gabriela Ramos

🎙️ Shaping the AI we want: A conversation with Gabriela Ramos
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, MPP students Melissa Muñoz (Dominican Republic) and Gloria Almeida (Brazil) sit down with Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO and one of the world’s foremost voices in ethical artificial intelligence
Together, they explore what it means to govern AI not just as a technological issue, but as a societal one—one that touches education, science, culture, communication, and human rights. Drawing from her leadership in creating UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, Gabriela shares why inclusion must be at the center of the digital transition, and how Latin America is stepping forward in shaping a more just technological future.
As a candidate to lead UNESCO, Gabriela reflects on institutional leadership in a time of rapid change, and makes a powerful case for compassionate governance and global cooperation. This conversation is as much about algorithms as it is about agency, equity, and imagination.
Tune in for an honest, hopeful conversation on the future of AI, multilateralism, and public purpose.