David Crelley
Head of Responsible AI and Data Admiral Group
Dr David Crelley is a specialist in psychology, data ethics, responsible AI, data science and consumer behaviour. He is head of Responsible AI and Data Admiral Group where he has designed and established processes to ensure the fairness and transparency of Artificial Intelligence. Collaborated with industry bodies to advise on best practice for responsible AI. Advised on the ethics surrounding numerous data and AI projects. Line managed data ethics and responsible AI team who provide independent review of models, AI and data practices. Established and manages second line data quality assurance. Winner of Admiral's Data Community Data Leader award 2023. Highly Commended Data IQ Awards 2025 Best Responsible AI Programme
Responsible AI Summit Main Conference Day 2 - Tuesday 22 September
12:30 PM Presentation – Rethinking Human-in-the-Loop: Beyond the rubber stamp
The EU AI Act mandates human oversight, yet in practice, this often becomes a junior staff becoming an “AI checker” rubber-stamping automated outputs. In this candid session, Dr David Crelley, Head of Responsible AI & Data at Admiral Group, challenges the compliance-driven interpretation of human-in-the-loop and examines why oversight designed for efficiency frequently undermines effectiveness and accountability. He will share how his team is rethinking oversight as proactive engagement, using judge LLMs to do the hard lifting, deliberately introducing friction, cultural ownership, and meaningful intervention points into AI-enabled processes. David offers practical insight into how to design oversight models that create genuine human engagement rather than passive validation.
• Moving from passive validation to active engagement.
• Using LLMs to do the basic checks.
• Designing friction to strengthen human judgement.
• Embedding cultural ownership into AI oversight.
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