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The Academy has decided to ban AI actors and scripts from the Oscars. But machine learning systems are actually used in cinema more often than most people realise.
Mythos’ dramatic hacking abilities are as much a reflection of the precarious state of digital defenses as a revolutionary tech breakthrough.
Three ways to think about AI, massive job cuts, and the future of work.
Computers promise to replace fallible human judgement with something more consistent, efficient and fair. But this isn’t always the case.
Researchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen.
As Canada modernizes immigration administration, accountability must be deliberately built into digital systems.
Amazon, Block and Atlassian have announced AI-driven job cuts, and Meta is reportedly planning its own – but all may not be as it seems.
The possibility of AI automating healthcare work has provoked intense debates, but despite the pace of innovation, here’s why it’s not there yet.
When new technology can produce the texts companies or departments use to explain themselves, core values can shift incrementally without anyone really noticing.
While AI can streamline certain parts of the scientific process, a philosopher argues that it cannot replace human expertise and collaboration.
We’ve been warned of a looming AI ‘jobpocalypse’ for years. But many Australian businesses are still figuring out how to make the technology useful.
A new survey by sociologists assessed public attitudes and perceptions about the AI-related threat of job displacement.
Stories about automation eliminating jobs and reducing wages were once common. But a comprehensive analysis of its actual impact paints a less ominous picture.
Interviews with senior government bureaucrats show AI is no magic fix for productivity – and may bring new problems all its own.
As AI becomes more pervasive, New Zealand’s economic strength may lie in work where the value is measured in what is grown, built, repaired and cared for.
The use of armed drones is not new, but they are gaining importance in current conflicts as combat units. Their automation is likely to accentuate this phenomenon.
By engaging consciously with technology, students learn to use AI critically and creatively — without surrendering their agency.
AI will increase productivity but also poses a threat to job security and stability. We need a shift in mindset and values to prepare for the coming disruption.
Wealthier South Africans, particularly those in urban areas, are more optimistic about emerging technologies than those in low-income and rural areas.
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Technology and Organisation, University of Manchester
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Professor of Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Distinguished Visiting Professor in Economics, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Human Systems Labs, University of Windsor
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Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
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Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey