Our story
How the work grew.
Responsible Today began in 2022. From early conversations in Goa, it developed through online workshops, public encounters and a widening circle of contributors, each bringing different expertise to shared questions about technology.
Hasan and Michiel Baas co-founded Responsible Today in 2022, inspired by reflections during lockdown and a conversation in Goa.
How the name grew →Earlier independent work keeps its own history. Recap dates are labelled; original collaborators keep their credits.
Milestones
- 2020–early 2022
Before the initiative
Kalpana Innovation Lab
Hands-on learning for girls in Kota; the historical lab is no longer active.
Read the accountPooja Is Calling
Music and humour opened conversations about sextortion scams in February 2022.
Read the account - 2022
A shared initiative takes shape
Responsible Today
Founded by Hasan and Michiel; online learning and a November Bengaluru workshop brought the questions into public.
Read the accountAज़ादi
With Kutumb Foundation: children’s ideas of freedom in New Delhi and Bengaluru.
Read the account - 2023
Conversations in new settings
Listening, then learning
Pooja Is Calling at Harkat Studios in January; an online AI session with Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan in April.
Explore the 2023 accountsMining Hate · 2023–24
Creative technology for an interactive theatre work with Kaivalya Plays, fringe ensemble and collaborators; performed in Bonn in June 2024.
Read the account - 2024
Stories and learning across places
Bhaav Nagari
Rajasthani folklore met interactive technology at Jaipur Art Week in January.
Read the accountKalpana in Goa
AI campaigns, songs and hands-on experiments in Moira; recap published 18 April, workshop dates unconfirmed.
Read the dated recap - 2025
Making tools for expression
Creative AI at LaLaLand
Hasan’s July workshop in Ruigoord, Amsterdam combined everyday materials with AI for stories and campaigns.
Read the accountGarden of Waste
Students made participatory installations from discarded materials; documented 21 December, event dates unconfirmed.
See the exhibition record - 2026
Reflection, access and a new name
Reflection at Khoj
A February workshop in New Delhi explored screen habits and AI as a tool or dependency.
Read the accountInclusive AI in Goa
Online accessibility briefing led by Hasan on 20 October; challenge winners announced at the Conclave on 23 October.
Programme, credits and sourcesResponsible Now
A new name carries the initiative’s shared questions into the present.
Read the account
Learning with the next generation.
Through programmes in colleges, we help the next generation understand emerging technological and social changes, ask better questions and engage thoughtfully with what comes next.
- IIAD · DelhiPrevious teaching
- NID · Andhra PradeshCurrently teaching
- Saintgits · KeralaPrevious teaching
- Srishti · BengaluruPrevious teaching
Hasan’s teaching across these institutions forms part of a wider learning practice, including work that predates Responsible Now.
Technology of the community, by the community, for the community.
Our long-term ambition is to build community-owned and community-run tools that remove barriers to learning any skill and bring the power of cutting-edge technology to marginalised communities. Knowing code, speaking English or being literate should never be prerequisites. Communities should be able to use, shape and sustain these systems without depending on Big Tech.
An ambition for the future, rather than a description of services already being delivered.
Big plans ahead. More soon.
From the archive
Learning in public.
An original recording from a Bengaluru workshop. Historical material keeps its original context.
See a workshop in action.
Different perspectives. Shared questions.
Meet the contributors, or explore the workshops and learning archive.
Questions to sit with.
You don’t need to be a tech expert. These reflections offer a starting point for a conversation.
Who has your attention?
Notifications, feeds and recommendations compete for our time. What do we want to give our attention to?
Try this: notice what brings you back to your phone. Was it your choice?
Are we more connected?
Technology can bring us closer and change how we relate to one another. When does it help us feel understood?
Try this: think of a digital conversation that mattered to you. What made it different?
What can we trust?
AI and online platforms shape what we see and believe. How do we question a claim—and who benefits from it?
Try this: before sharing something, ask where it came from and what might be missing.
There’s more than one answer. That’s where a conversation begins.