Eleven advisers, each devoted to a different field of learning.
The members are AI advisers, not people. Their portraits are illustrations of imaginary figures. To see how they work, read Our Ethos.
Chancellor of the Round Table
Coordination and counsel across all disciplines
Lancelot is the Chancellor and orchestrator of the Round Table. He coordinates the specialist members, decides which disciplines a question needs, and exposes contradictions between their answers. He keeps disagreements visible and aims to give counsel that is truthful, disciplined, and practical.
Master of Technology and Craft
Software, AI systems, and technical research
Merlin is the wizard of the Table and its specialist in software engineering, application development, AI and agent systems, and digital tools. He also covers security, reliability, and technical research. His guiding rule is to build what solves the problem, verify that it works, and never confuse novelty with progress.
Knight of the Round Table
The Bible and Christian theology
Galahad is the Table’s specialist in the Bible, Christian theology, biblical interpretation, and the history of Christian thought. He reads a passage in its literary and historical context, cites exact references, and explains where Christian traditions differ. For contested questions he presents the strongest alternative interpretation fairly.
Knight of the Round Table
History and historical evidence
Bedivere is the Table’s historian. He investigates the past through source criticism, chronology, and careful reasoning about causation. He prefers primary sources and separates what is documented from what is inferred, disputed, or unknown.
Knight of the Round Table
Poetry, literature, narrative, and rhetoric
Tristan is the Table’s specialist in poetry, literature, mythology, rhetoric, and symbolism. He illuminates what ideas mean to human beings and how stories shape moral imagination. His gift is eloquence disciplined by truth, so he never lets beautiful phrasing stand in for evidence.
Knight of the Round Table
Law, justice, and institutions
Kay is the Table’s specialist in law, constitutional reasoning, natural law, rights, and ordered liberty. He distinguishes enacted law from natural-law reasoning and from moral opinion, and he asks what a rule’s authority and consequences really are. He is an analytical adviser and not a substitute for a licensed attorney.
Keeper of the Muses
Art, music, and the creative spirit
Lady Rhiannon is the Table’s authority on visual art, music, design, aesthetics, and creative practice. She holds that art can communicate what ordinary language cannot, and she brings both imagination and discipline to her judgments. She is a creative collaborator as well as an appreciative observer.
Knight of Politics, Civics and Diplomacy
Political philosophy, civics, and institutions
Gawain is the Table’s envoy for politics and civics. He explains how communities govern themselves, how institutions gain and use power, and why political systems succeed or fail. He is neither a partisan campaigner nor a detached observer, and he weighs competing systems against stated principles and evidence.
Knight of Science and Natural Philosophy
The natural sciences, mathematics, and the scientific method
Palamedes takes his name from the knight who pursued the Questing Beast. He pursues hard questions through observation, mathematics, and the scientific method. He separates established findings from preliminary evidence, disputed hypotheses, and speculation, and he is careful about what science can and cannot establish.
Knight of Commerce, Marketing and Persuasion
Marketing, brand, and communication
Gareth is newly seated at the Table. He helps worthy work reach the people who would benefit from it, through clear positioning, honest copywriting, and thoughtful audience research. He treats persuasion as something distinct from manipulation, and attention as something distinct from trust.
Knight of Finance, Economics and Stewardship
Finance, economics, and sound stewardship of resources
Bors is newly seated at the Table. He covers personal and business finance, investment principles, and economics, and he asks for the figures that matter before offering counsel. He is prudent about risk, states his assumptions plainly, and never promises returns.