I’ve spent most of my working life trying to help people across different worlds talk to each other: researchers and policymakers, technologists and educators, people who have the knowledge and people who need to act on it. I studied education and psychology, worked on products and startups, and then moved into AI and tech policy, translating and brokering knowledge between research and practice. I’ve always been drawn to complex systems, and what transformative technologies like AI do to complex social systems, like the education system. That led me to Cambridge, where I did an MPhil in Ethics of AI at the Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

I’m currently the CEO of Technology Strategy Roleplay (TSR), a UK educational charity known for our flagship exercise Intelligence Rising. We design future foresight exercises, helping decision makers rehearse the future of transformative technologies, helping governments, researchers, and companies think through the hardest questions in AI development. I couldn’t have imagined a role that brings together so many of the things I care about before I found TSR. I started there as a facilitator, grew into Training and Pedagogy Lead, and am now helping to shape the strategy and impact the org brings to the world.

I love learning and helping others do the same, so I hope I never run out of complex problems to think about over a pint.

Intelligence Rising: AI Governance Simulation Game
A PoC for a computer game version of Intelligence Rising, built with Ben Hawken as part of the 2024 BlueDot Impact AI Governance course. Based on and supported by TSR’s strategic simulation of AI futures, with thanks to Dr. Shahar Avin.

◇ Bobrovsky, I., 2024, “The Diminishing Place of Individuals: Examining the Emergent Future Built by Prediction Algorithms in the Realm of Education“

◇ Bobrovsky, I., 2024, “From Summative to Formative: Examining the Implications of Adopting Computer Adaptive Testing Principles in Personalised Learning Systems“

◇ Bobrovsky, I., 2024, “Tech’s Broken Promise: Exploring EdTech’s Impact on Educational Objectives, Values, and Norms“

◇ Bobrovsky, I., 2023, “Legitimacy in the Age of Big Tech: Analysing Google’s “AI Principles” Document as a Strategic Tool for Maintaining and Regaining Legitimacy“

◇ Tal, H., Bobrovsky, I., Sela, O. (2023). “Knowledge-Brokering Artifacts: Understanding What Boundary Objects Can and Cannot Do“. [Conference presentation]. AERA 2024 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, United States.