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‘Quakers have been here before.’

Model behaviour: Ben Waymark seeks a Quakerly approach to artificial intelligence

‘Quakers have been here before.’

by Ben Waymark 17th July 2026

You’ve probably heard the term ‘artificial intelligence’ used to mean almost anything a computer does that seems clever. But that is too vague to be useful. Let us start with a plainer explanation.