ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society

You are invited to ‘When AI takes the stand: Safe and Responsible AI in Courts and Tribunal’. In this event the Hon Justice Jennifer Coate, Prof Julian Webb, Emma Poole and ADM+S researchers Prof Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Sydney) and Prof Jeannie Marie Paterson (University of Melbourne) will be responding to the Victorian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into #ArtificialIntelligence in Victoria’s Courts and Tribunals 🗓 11 November 2024 ⏰ 5pm start 📍 Melbourne Connect, Carlton Registration now: https://lnkd.in/gSVZ8txk This seminar is co-hosted by ADM+S, Melbourne Law School, the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE), and the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Sydney Law School | University of Melbourne

Register now to tune into ‘What do news Audiences Want from AI?’, a presentation by ADM+S researcher Dr T.J. Thomson for the Hans-Bredow-Institute (HBI), and available to stream. Moderated by ADM+S Partner Investigator Prof Wiebke Loosen from HBI, Dr Thomson’s talk explores #news audiences’ experiences with AI-generated or -edited content in #journalism, and identifies the social-ethical-legal issues that news audiences think exist in this area. Drawing on interviews with news audience members in Germany and Australia, the study provides critical context to help shape and inform newsroom #policies and practice in the #AI age. 🗓 19 November ⏰ 12pm (CET) / 10pm (AEDT) 📍 Online Register now 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/g5vxbUmU

🎉 Thrilled to share that I participated in the HDR/ECR poster competition at the 2024 ADM+S Symposium—and came away with the Judges Award! 🏆 🎯 In this project, we developed a method to create natural language (NL) user profiles from location-based social network check-ins. By integrating behavioral theories, these profiles improve POI prediction accuracy, providing a more transparent, adaptable, and efficient approach to Recommender Systems. 🔗 You can check out our work in preprint here: https://lnkd.in/gU42FxRh 🌟 A huge thank you to my supervisors, Hao X. and Flora Salim, for their guidance and support on my first research paper at UNSW!

“Let’s suppose we do one day have superintelligent, fully autonomous AI agents. Will we then face the risk they could concentrate power or act against human interests?” In a new article for The Conversation Australia + NZ, ADM+S CI Prof Flora Salim from UNSW explores the potential risks of ‘superintelligent AI’, highlighting various opinions in the field from those who believe superintelligence is imminent, to others who argue it is still far off or unachievable. Continue reading 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/gbUGcMVS UNSW Computer Science and Engineering

ASK ME ANYTHING; About the potential impact of #GenAI on the workforce.    Next week ADM+S researcher Dr Emmanuelle Walkowiak from RMIT University will be answering your questions about the impacts of #AI on work. How widespread is the adoption of AI? Are certain jobs or industries at risk? Should I be using AI at #work? Over to you.   💬 Submit before Wed 6 Nov: https://lnkd.in/gtwsS9U9 Our expert: Dr Emmanuelle Walkowiak is an economist who primarily focuses on technology driven inclusion at work and the changing nature of work in a digital economy. She recently presented evidence to the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training for the #Inquiry into the #DigitalTransformation of Workplaces, discussing opportunities and risks of implementing AI in the workplace based on insights from her 19 June submission (https://lnkd.in/g4UzBChH). Recent media:  🔗 AI in the workplace: Balancing productivity and psychosocial risks: https://lnkd.in/gCBzcPPQ  🔗 Considered policy needed to ensure Gen AI works for all workers: https://lnkd.in/ga9V2SaH    #AskMeAnthing #AMA #ExpertExplainer #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI

The ADM+S annual #symposium brought together researchers from 9 Australian universities, and collaborators, to discuss and plan future research in the evolving landscape of #AI and #ADM across the Centre’s #mobilities focus area. “Collectively we have delivered, and continue to deliver an excellent range of projects to offer an unprecedented level of interdisciplinary insight into Australian automated and AI mobilities technologies and systems and the benefits, dangers and future possibilities associated with them,” said Mobilities focus area co-lead, Prof Sarah Pink. In addition to traditional academic outputs, the symposium encouraged creative formats for sharing research findings, including poster presentations, ethnographic #documentary films and multimedia contributions. Read full event write-up on our website 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/gfbzjPZJ Flora Salim | Michael Richardson | UNSW

Those who attended the ADM+S Human Touch in a Digital World film screening at UNSW on 16 October were lucky enough to view the premiere of 'End of the Line', a brilliant #documentary that follows Lala Gutchen, Erub Meuram women from Erub Island, as she navigates the challenges of patchy mobile and internet coverage at the very edge of Australia's 4G network. This Mapping the Digital Gap / Torres Strait Islander Media Association #shortfilm will be available on ADM+S Youtube on Thursday 31 October. 👀

The latest article from RMIT PhD student Lauren Kelly in the The Conversation Australia + NZ looks at Woolworths’ controversial performance management program which tracks workers as data points against engineered standards, resulting in increased stress and anxiety for workers. "Under the program, known as the Coaching and Productivity Framework or simply “the Framework”, workers say they face potential disciplinary action if they fail to achieve 100% adherence to a speed-related metric known as pick rates." Continue reading 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/giXiiw6f

Congratulations to ADM+S Chief Investigator and Health Focus Area Lead, Prof Deborah Lupton, who has today been announced as a 2024 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). Made up of Australia’s most influential experts in #health and #medicine – from universities, medical research institutes, health services, industry bodies, charities and public service – #AAHMS Fellows are elected by their peers for outstanding achievements and contributions to the health and medical sciences in their respective fields. “As leader of the Health Focus Area of ADM+S, I am looking forward to productive discussions and collaborations on automation and AI in health with other Fellows of AAHMS,” said Prof Lupton. 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/gDSJ9Cjb UNSW | UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture

Did you know it is Global Media and Information Literacy Awareness Week? UNESCO Dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating progress towards Media and Information Literacy, we’re spotlighting a recent article from Australian Associated Press (AAP) Fact-Check, featuring expertise from ADM+S Affiliate Dr T.J. Thomson from RMIT University, along with Amy Dawel from The Australian National University, who put together a list of tips for spotting AI-based visual #disinformation, empowering individuals to navigate the evolving #digital landscape with awareness. Read here 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/gMgaMKpt