Accounts and sources.
Original context, dates and collaborator credits for the work shown in our story.
A name rooted in the present.
Inspired by experiences during the 2020 COVID lockdown, Hasan co-founded Responsible Today with Michiel Baas in 2022.
It began with a conversation in a garden in Goa, during Michael’s visit. Hasan proposed the name Responsible Future Initiative. Michael pointed out that the problem was already here, today. Responsible Today emerged from that exchange, and collaborators soon joined, bringing different kinds of expertise. As the urgency grew, the name evolved again: Responsible Now.
Earlier civic artwork
Hum Ek Hain / We Are One.
A participatory protest mosaic connected individual expressions of solidarity into a collective image at Protest Fest, Bengaluru.
Explore the original artworkExplore the projectBy 2022Kota, Rajasthan
Earlier independent work
Learning through making.
Kalpana Innovation Lab grew from teaching at a government school into a space where girls from marginalized communities could explore art, coding, robotics and making. The historical Kota lab is no longer active.
Earlier collaborative campaign
Making digital safety approachable.
Pooja Is Calling used music and humour to open conversations about online sextortion, helping people recognize scams and speak about experiences often surrounded by shame.
Responsible Today/Now
Responsible Today takes shape.
Responsible Today launched to address the individual and societal effects of technology. Earlier social-impact projects came under a shared initiative while keeping their own histories, collaborators and credits. An interdisciplinary online workshop in November brought different perspectives together around more responsible ways of living and working with AI.
Partner collaboration · Kutumb Foundation
Aज़ादi.
Developed with Kutumb Foundation, this interactive artwork brought children’s ideas of freedom into public view at the American Center, New Delhi, and WTDA at Bangalore International Centre.
Read the project accountExplore the projectResponsible Today · Public workshop
Taking the conversation into public spaces.
Responsible Today brought the conversation into a shared physical space through a workshop at Bangalore International Centre, connecting everyday experiences of technology with wider questions about its influence.
Partner showcase · Harkat Studios
Learning from shared experiences.
At the C3 showcase at Harkat Studios, Hasan and Radhapriya presented Pooja Is Calling. People shared their own experiences of phone and online scams, turning the project into a collective conversation.
Responsible Today · University session
Bringing the questions to students.
Self-Driving Cars and Remote-Controlled People reached Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan through an online session exploring AI’s changing capabilities, its effect on work and education, and challenges including dependence and misinformation.
2023–2024Residency & performance
Creative technology collaboration
Mining Hate / Propaganda Narratives.
Hasan joined the Propaganda Narratives residency and contributed creative technology to Mining Hate, an interactive theatre work about disinformation and harassment, with Kaivalya Plays, fringe ensemble and the original collaborators. The work was performed in Bonn in June 2024.
Kaivalya Plays project credits · fringe ensemble
Explore the projectRelated accessibility-focused art
Making technology accessible through art.
Bhaav Nagari brought Rajasthani folklore and interactive technology to Jaipur Art Week. Visitors could shape the stories through their choices, continuing the wider practice of making technology approachable across languages and backgrounds.
Explore the projectKalpana · Workshop recap
Taking hands-on AI learning to Goa.
A recap shared on 18 April 2024 documented Kalpana’s hands-on AI learning in Goa, following its earlier work in Rajasthan. Young learners created campaign posters, presentations and songs with AI, and experimented with Teachable Machine and TouchDesigner. The recap date records when the account was shared; the exact workshop dates are not established.
Read Hasan’s workshop recapCreative workshop · LaLaLand Festival
Creative AI at LaLaLand.
At LaLaLand Festival in Ruigoord, Amsterdam, Hasan led a workshop for young people that combined everyday materials with AI to explore storytelling and campaigns for change.
Official festival programmeCreative learning · Garden of Waste
Making art from discarded materials.
Garden of Waste explored accessible, participatory art through student-built interactive installations made from discarded materials and simple, affordable technology. A collaborative reel shared on 21 December 2025 documents the exhibition; it does not establish the exact event dates or institutional affiliation.
Watch the collaborative exhibition documentationPartner programme · Khoj
Making room for reflection at Khoj.
Self-Driving Cars and Remote-Controlled People continued at Khoj as a reflective workshop. Participants shared experiences of screen habits, technology-related anxiety and the boundary between AI as a tool and a dependency.
Partner programme · Inclusive AI
Inclusive AI at the Goa AI Tech Conclave.
The Inclusive AI & Accessibility Challenge invited students and working professionals in Goa to explore AI responses to everyday barriers faced by disabled and neurodivergent people, and by those excluded through language or literacy. The programme included an online accessibility briefing led by Hasan on 20 October, with winners announced at the Conclave on 23 October.
Powered by Curiouswala Studio; community partner POAI; supported by SITPC and DITEC.
Responsible Today/Now
Continuing with a wider circle.
The initiative continues as Responsible Now. Its evolution from Responsible Future Initiative to Responsible Today and Responsible Now reflects a shared commitment to understanding technology and acting on its effects in the present.