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13May

Artificial Intelligence in Australia: Balancing the need for innovation and productivity with human rights and national security

The dilemma How can we position Australia well in the global AI landscape, encourage AI adoption and leverage its benefits for greater innovation/productivity while protecting citizens and minimizing risks? AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association). I felt honoured to join such an important discussion and to learn about the latest efforts from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources in that space. Hats off to Simon...

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17Jan

Consciousness and the Thinking Machine

In his seminal paper from 1950 on “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, which discussed whether computing machines could “think” as humans do, Alan Mathison Turing conjectured that, ultimately, perception is reality. He called this the “Imitation Game” and it has since become known as the “Turing Test”. Turing believed that a computer would pass the test by the turn on...

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29Oct

Trends in Corporate Data Ethics

Last weekend I joined the first webinar of the Business Data Ethics Month by The Ohio State University. Thanks Merve Hickock for sharing the event details here on LinkedIn. The session was moderated by Dennis Hirsch and included the following members of the Ohio State research team, who shared their key findings: Tim Bartley | Professor of Sociology Davon Norris | Sociology PhD candidate Aravind Chandrasekaran...

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29Oct

Mindful Developers = Ethical AI ?

Could mindfulness save humanity from sick-dysfunctional AI? Last week I watched a video from the Global Mindfulness and Compassion Summit where Jamie Bristow shared the initiative created to provide UK politicians mindfulness training – Mindful Nation UK. According to research ethical decision making, focus, clarity and compassion can be significantly improved with mindfulness training and I believe a boost in those qualities would...

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29Oct

The Mindful AI Manifesto

By: Nathalie Heynderickx and Leonard Hoon, PhD WHY About 3 years ago I watched a TED Talk on AI and the one thing I can recall vividly was the statement made by this mature and grounded scientist saying “time is running out and we must develop a greater sense of urgency in embedding human values into AI before it is too late!”. His concern was...

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