The Cognitive Privacy Project exists to protect childhood development and mental autonomy from algorithmic manipulation.
INSTITUTE DESCRIPTION
The Cognitive Privacy Project is a research and policy initiative identifying the mechanisms by which algorithmic systems capture, observe, and manipulate human cognitive processes. It advises on the frameworks needed to protect them. Its work spans national security, enterprise AI governance, and the developmental rights of children.
Timothy Cook
DIRECTOR, THE COGNITIVE PRIVACY PROJECT
Timothy Cook is the Director of the Cognitive Privacy Project, founder of Connected Classroom, and an elementary teacher in Amman, Jordan. His book Unautomatable: The Human Capacities That Make Learning Meaningful is in peer review with MIT Press. He writes "The Algorithmic Mind" column for Psychology Today, reaching over 300,000 readers, and publishes enterprise AI analysis for the Business of Enterprise AI.
Timothy has advised the Council on Strategic Risks on AI and cognitive security, consulted with Takeda researchers on AI-integrated pharmaceutical learning design, presented to Council of Independent Colleges and Pennsylvania School Board Association on the foundational skills essential for human development, and contributed to the Coaching Ethics Forum's work on AI ethics and childhood development.
His research on cognitive privacy has been featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and across five podcasts on AI, education, and human development. He is an educator in Amman, Jordan. That proximity to children and classrooms is the empirical foundation of the work.
