What an AI Governance Expert REALLY Thinks About AI’s Future

07 October 2026

Portrait of Professor Robert Trager

with Professor Robert Trager
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Robert F. Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is a...

We put your questions directly to Professor Robert Trager, one of the world’s leading experts on AI governance.

Professor Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative. He is an expert in the international governance of emerging technologies, diplomatic practice, institutional design and technology regulation, and regularly advises government and industry leaders on these issues.

Is AI getting out of control? Are we really all doomed? Watch Robert's Q&A to learn more.