Automated Societies
Utopian visions of automated decision-making (ADM) promise new levels of personalisation, control and choice in our lives. Yet, we still know very little about how ADM is being incorporated, reinvented or resisted as part of everyday lives.
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Challenging the Power of Digital Platforms (opens the original)
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In this episode, Jake Goldenfien is joined by Kimberlee Weatherall, Daniel Angus and Nic Carah to discuss Australia’s proposed Digital Duty of Care and what it could mean for the future of online platforms. The conversation explores how a duty of care could move beyond simply identifying harmful content and instead encourage platforms to create safer, healthier and more inclusive digital environments. The group discusses the limits of transparency, the need for meaningful accountability, and how
How Should We Govern Artificial Intimacy? AI Companions & A Digital Duty of Care (opens the original)
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AI companions are becoming increasingly sophisticated—and increasingly embedded in our emotional lives. But as these technologies are designed to create relationships with users, questions about safety, responsibility and regulation are becoming impossible to ignore. Following a series of high-profile and tragic incidents involving companion chatbots, governments in Australia and the United States have introduced new measures aimed at addressing potential harms, while technology companies have s
Who Profits From Our Data? Data Colonialsim & Sovereignty (opens the original)
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Who owns our data? Who profits from it? And what happens when the technologies shaping our lives reproduce old patterns of colonial power? In this episode of Careful Minds , host Rayane El Masri speaks with ADM+S affiliate and PhD candidate Shilpa Singh Jaswant about data colonialism, digital sovereignty and the hidden human labour behind our digital lives. Drawing on her research and perspective as a scholar from the Global South, Shilpa explores how data is extracted and used by powerful corpo
What's Up with AI? (opens the original)
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In this special National Science Week episode of AI Uncovered , students and teachers from across Australia put their questions about artificial intelligence to two leading researchers: Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and Professor Tama Leaver from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Hosted by Kathy Nickels, and high school student April, the conversation explores questions from how AI works,to wheth
What Does AI Safety Really Mean? (opens the original)
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AI systems are becoming increasingly powerful and embedded in everyday life — from workplaces and education to healthcare and government services. But as these technologies evolve, so do questions about safety, accountability and trust. Before we can make AI safe, we need to understand what safety means. What risks should we prioritise? Who decides which risks matter most? And who should be responsible for ensuring AI systems are developed and used safely — technology companies, governments, or
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