A certificate is only a mark. We are the test before it.
Everyone is racing to certify: new courses, new credentials, new letters after your name. Here is what each one is actually worth, plainly, for free, and without a course to sell you.
Two people arrive here to check what a credential is worth. Which are you?
“Where do I even begin?”
A staged path that starts with what is free and gets to spending money only when spending makes sense. Grounding, mirror, evidence, then, maybe, a credential.
See where to start → THE PRACTITIONER“I do this already. What’s useful?”
The practice shelf: one-page artifacts the job actually runs on, plus the honest read on what a certificate adds once you already have the experience.
See the practice shelf →Can anyone certify you as an AI ethicist yet?
The register, the map, and the mirror. No certificates for sale.
AI ethics now has a dozen credentials, four traditions, and three continents’ worth of overlapping regulation, with no map telling you which one you actually need. Prices for a single credential run anywhere from nine hundred to ten thousand euros, with less to go on than the price deserves. We keep the notes they wish existed.
The standard
What Ethics of AI is, where it stands, and the honest running answer to the only question that matters: can anyone certify you as an AI ethicist yet?
Read the standard → 02 / THE MAPThe map & the statute
Every credential side by side, in an interactive map, and a statute of the laws they answer to. What each costs, what it gates, who accredits it, and whether it binds you.
Explore the map → 03 / THE MIRRORThe gap report
A free, private reading of where you stand against our own six practice areas, and what evidence would close the gaps.
Take the report →Where do you actually stand?
Sixteen questions, six minutes. You rate yourself on each competence area, from “not yet” to “I could evidence this to an assessor”. We hand back a profile, your strongest ground, and the gaps worth closing first. Nothing is stored unless you ask us to send it.
Two paid services that keep the register free.
Sentient Staff, our talent partner, handles placement on the candidate side. Virtue & Voltage, our organisational partner, handles readiness on the employer side. Both are commercial engagements, run separately from anything rated on this site.
“Put me forward, on my own terms.”
The talent desk: put yourself forward for roles without ever being ranked or listed publicly. Your details are only shared with an employer once you say yes, for that specific role, every time.
Find a job → THE EMPLOYER“We’re on the hook for this.”
The role set up properly, the board and senior leadership briefed on what they are each personally on the hook for, and a dated report to show for it. Start with the free org self-audit to see what you actually need.
Work with us →