Guest Lecture: ESSEC Business School
- Feb 27
- 1 min read
Geopolitics is increasingly shaping what responsible AI looks like in practice. In a recent guest lecture with ESSEC Business School’s Asia-Pacific cohort in Singapore, APAC Advisors explored how geopolitical forces are pushing businesses and investors to confront the Responsible AI trilemma — emissions, job displacement, and inequality.
The discussion highlighted a growing recognition among business leaders that responsible AI is no longer optional. It is being driven by real-world constraints: energy, labour, regulation, and geopolitical risk.
The session was led by APAC Advisors CEO Steven Okun, alongside Noemie Viterale, and benefited from an engaged exchange with a diverse group of European business leaders.
These themes also connect closely to APAC Advisors’ wider work on responsible investment and AI governance, where geopolitics is becoming an unavoidable part of strategy, not a side consideration.
