Featured on Risk Radar Podcast to discuss AI policy and public perceptions of risk
Noetic AI’s Founder, Zoi Roupakia, was recently featured on the Risk Radar Podcast, hosted by Jared Ng from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk at the National University of Singapore.
The episode explored findings from the United Nations Global Risk Report and the World Risk Poll, focusing on public perceptions of AI risks in Southeast Asia. Zoi was joined by Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete, co-author of the forthcoming AI Policy Brief for Southeast Asia, developed in collaboration with Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy and UNIDO, and funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
In her remarks, Zoi highlighted several key points:
Trust comes from action: “People in countries with stronger, more inclusive AI governance frameworks, not just on paper, but in practice, tend to be more optimistic about AI's potential. By practice, we mean implementation, we mean infrastructure, inclusive data practices, and real accountability mechanisms.”
Perception isn’t ‘soft’: “Perception isn't just a soft issue like many may think, but it signals something. And if we don't build trust and accountability into AI systems, I think meaningful adoption is difficult to happen.”
AI amplifies disinformation risks: “AI doesn't operate in a vacuum. In the UN Global Risk Report one of the top ongoing risks is misinformation and disinformation, and I think that is very tightly integrated with AI. So tools like deepfakes, synthetic media, voice cloning, have made misinformation faster, cheaper, and harder to detect.”
Preparedness for multilateral institutions requires more than awareness: "The preparedness gap isn't in awareness, I think the gap is actually in action... multilateral institutions tend to score higher on identifying risks than actually reducing or mitigating them."
Policy must keep pace: "A recurring concern in our own consultations was the speed of AI deployment. Systems are rolling out faster than laws, safeguards, or public awareness or public understanding can keep up."
🎧 Listen to the episode: Episode 5 – Risk Radar Podcast
Source: Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy (2025), Policymaking for a more resilient world, Executive summaries