- Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Workers still know things that algorithms don’t. They’re essential to designing AI systems to enhance, not replace, jobs.
Our collective success with AI will depend not on so much on the virtues of the technology itself, but on the human systems we build around it.
A new safety standard and proposed guardrails for high-risk AI are a good start toward clearing up confusion around the latest technology.
Reform for artificial intelligence is urgent. If we cut through the hype and self-interest, Australian law can promote responsible and safe AI.
To be useful in high-stakes situations, AI needs to understand cause and effect – and the limits of its knowledge.
Facial recognition technology has set us on a path to mass surveillance – but it’s not too late to change course.
Recent controversies associated with the impact, privacy and security of new technologies signal that we need better governance. The government alone can’t fix this. This is a job for everyone.
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