The geopolitics of artificial intelligence

Australia has the opportunity to develop innovative policy that could help set standards internationally by engaging transparently with the high risk to security, democracy and social cohesion inherent in many AI applications.

Can A.I. encourage prosperity for all?

A legal expert explains how AI can be entrusted to assume tasks currently performed by humans in the business, education and health sectors.

Modelling society

Computational social science has come to the fore in the COVID-19 response, allowing policy makers to trial policies on ‘artificial societies’ and see the results – before doing it in real life.

What’s next for AI in healthcare?

Artificial intelligence will pave the way for the ‘Fifth Industrial Revolution’ and has already arrived in health care, argue Australian and Hong Kong-based experts, but is Australia really ready for it?

How can businesses build trust between humans and AI?

With companies increasingly handing decisions over to AI, tech giants like Google and Microsoft have to navigate the ethical challenges posed by machines.

What’s good, computer?

Imagine a time in the not-too-distant future when the majority of your media is both selected and generated for you personally by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. 

Let’s pause for thought about AI

For specific tasks from language recognition to self-driving cars, narrow artificial intelligence is progressing rapidly, perhaps too quickly for scientists to understand it. The creation of broad AI, which outperforms humans in every task, may create as many risks as it solves problems.

Sifting fact from fiction

Reality may be a partly human invention, but relying on artificial intelligence to sift truth from misinformation on the internet could be fraught with danger.

Automation bites at unskilled jobs

Technological change has always destroyed jobs. But now automation and artificial intelligence are drying up the options for anyone without specialised skills.

What is the law when AI makes the decisions?

A Federal Court ruling that the Australian government’s ‘Robodebt’ system is unlawful shines a much-needed light on what the law actually says.

An ethical role for AI in defence

While it’s important for Defence to understand and address the ethical challenges posed by AI, it’s just as important to not let those challenges blind it to the opportunities offered by AI and discourage our defence planners from pursuing them.

Understanding the ‘personality’ of AI

As artificial intelligence and deep learning continue to impact many human industries, would understanding the ‘personality’ within the algorithm make us trust them more?