AIF Insights No. 39 (2025) | Gatilok Ethics for AI
This paper examines how Gatilok parables, a classical Khmer moral tradition, can inform contemporary debates on AI ethics and governance. Drawing on six well known…
AIF Insights No. 38 (2025) | Science as Shield: How Small States Survive Through Cyber, AI, Math, and Physics
This article argues that for small states, survival in an era shaped by great power rivalry, war economy dynamics, and artificial intelligence depends on scientific…
AIF Insights No. 37 (2025) | Artificial Wisdom: The Khmer Path Beyond AI
The Khmer Path Beyond AI explores how a mistranslation of “artificial intelligence” in Cambodia opened a deeper conversation about the difference between intelligence and wisdom.…
AIF Insights No. 36 (2025) | Khmer Gatilok and Relational Ethics: A Cultural Lens for AI Morality
This essay examines the Khmer ethical system of Gatilok as a culturally grounded framework for AI ethics. Unlike Western approaches that prioritize universal principles, Gatilok…
AIF Insights No. 35 (2025) | From Medicine to Meaning: A Buddhist Journey through Being, Knowing, and Acting in AI
The essay explores how Buddhist philosophy can reshape the way we understand and design artificial intelligence. It argues that AI should not be seen as…
AIF Insights No. 34 (2025) | Hume, Nāgārjuna, and AI: A Fusion of Philosophies for a Digital Age
This paper explores the intersection of David Hume’s empiricism and Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka philosophy as a framework for rethinking artificial intelligence. Hume’s bundle theory of the…
AIF Insights No. 33 (2025) | AI, Sovereignty, and the Fragmentation of Global Norms: A Legal Pluralism Perspective
Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly challenges the state-centric foundations of international law and the conventional notion of sovereignty. Unlike traditional governance anchored in territorial authority, AI…
AIF Insights No. 32 (2025) | Human Educators in Cambodia’s AI Era: Teaching Beyond the Algorithm
This paper examines the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into Cambodia’s education system and its impact on the teaching profession. While GenAI tools provide benefits…
AIF Insights No. 31 (2025) | Embracing the Transformative Power of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare, transportation, and communication. This article traces the evolution and categorization of AI, while exploring ethical concerns such as bias…
AIF Insights No. 30 (2025) | The Geopolitics of Mobile App Ecosystems: Power, Platforms, and Policy
This article explores the geopolitics of mobile phone applications as platforms that shape digital sovereignty and global power. With billions of internet users and mobile…
AIF Insights No. 29 (2025) | From Sandboxes to Systems: Governing AI-Driven Digital Health Platforms for UHC in Cambodia
Cambodia’s aspiration to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is inseparable from the country’s ongoing digital health transformation. As Digital Health Platforms (DHPs) begin to connect patients, providers and payors, Artificial…
AIF Insights No. 28 (2025) | AI as Both a Vehicle of Epistemic Imperialism and a Tool of Epistemic Emancipation
The article explores the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI) as both a vehicle of epistemic imperialism and a tool for epistemic emancipation. While AI…