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The Goldilocks Kōan: Why there are no “just right” names for AI
Lindsey DeWitt Prat · 2026
A multilingual inquiry into AI terminology and why “just right” labels do not exist because names carry cultural, political, and historical weight.
→ Read → Substack

Research Risk Cascades
Lindsey DeWitt Prat · 2026
Essay on how how early-stage research errors propagate and reshape downstream insight and decision-making.
→ Read → Substack

Slide from a presentation titled 'AIFOD Public Forum' with a photo of Lindsey Dewitt Prat, Director of Research at Bold Insight, discussing 'Financial Stress Moments Need Human Support.' The slide has a gradient background with blue and purple tones, a logo in the top right corner, and a upward arrow graphic.

The Marketization Trap of Financial Inclusion
AI for Developing Countries Forum · 2025
Public forum on financial inclusion in the Global Majority in the context of AI.
→ Insights on my contributions → Forum report

GDPVal Eval
Lindsey DeWitt Prat · 2025
Critical review of OpenAI’s “GDPVal” evaluation of model performance on economically valuable tasks across occupations.
→ Deck → Substack

Dataset Nutrition & Cultural Implications of AI
IBM TechXchange Dev Day · 2025
Talk on human-centered scale, risk, and decision-making in AI-enabled research and product systems.
→ Watch → Deck

Decolonizing LLMS
EPIC · 2024
An ethnographic framework for understanding and critiquing large language models in African contexts, foregrounding situated practice, power, and knowledge.
→ Publication → Presentation (EPIC membership required)

Mind the AI Gaps in UX Research
UXMasterclass · 2025
Research companion to my UXMasterclass talk, capturing the core argument and supporting references.
→ Companion doc

Presentation slide titled "The Certification Gold Rush" by Lindsey DeWitt Prat, with a photo of a woman with blonde hair and black top, and the logos of OPINION, AI POLICY, and AI FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FORUM, on a background with technological circuit-like graphics.

The Certification Gold Rush
AI for Developing Countries Forum · 2025
Public forum on global AI standards and certification frameworks.
→ Insights on my contributions → Forum report

Lost in Translation
UXinsight Festival · 2025
Research companion to my UXinsight talk, capturing the core argument and supporting references.
→ Companion doc

Your Tech Stack Needs a Thinking Stack
EPIC · 2025
A live tutorial on building a decision framework for when and how to use AI research tools in ethnographic practice.
→ Deck → Tutorial description

Apertures of Intelligence
Lindsey DeWitt Prat · 2025
A pechakucha-style visual essay drawn from field studies in Japan.
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