Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics

The CAIDE Summer Research Academy will be held from 5 November 2020 - 12 February 2021 as a series of workshops, seminars and events for PhD and Early Career Researchers who are studying technology and AI with an ethical lens.

On Sept 4 Professor Suresh Venkatasubramanian from the University of Utah presented 'On Fairness and Explainability in AI: Interactions between computer science and social science.'

The use of the Ofqual grading algorithm in the UK highlighted the need for contestability and integrated human-machine processes to ensure biased data doesn't result in unfair results.

Co-Director Tim Miller spoke with Gizmodo about bias in the Tinder Algorithm.

CAIDE Co-Director Tim Miller asks Associate Professor Tatiana Cutts about legal decision-making algorithms.

Co-Director Jeannie Paterson spoke for the Melbourne Connect event 'The Connected You: Home' on the increased involvement of digital assistants in our lives.

Co-Director Jeannie Paterson spoke on a panel for the online launch of the Australian Society for Computers and Law.

For our upcoming subject AI, Ethics and the Law the CAIDE team made a series of videos to discuss AI, Ethics in Film, Media and Literature.

Jeannie Paterson and Tim Miller join Eliiza to discuss AI, ethics, accountability and explainability. What is changing in these spaces, especially in light of Covid-19, and what should researchers and governments turn attention to in order to ensure helpful, beneficial AI that is used ethically?

Twitter accounts that were hacked on Wednesday July 15 were all accounts of rich and famous people, but the implications of losing trusted accounts are concerning.

Kobi Leins tells ABC NewsRadio that while the July 15 Twitter hack secured relatively low returns, it exposed significant vulnerabilities on the platform.

Dr Simon Coghlan and Professor Jeannie Paterson discuss the AI technologies and the future of remote exam supervision.

Our Co-Director Tim Miller spoke with Professor Simon Denis for Melbourne Connect's series 'The Connected You.' Their talk on the topic of intelligence was held on Thursday 7th May and recorded by a graphic scribe.

Our Co-Director, Jeannie Paterson, spoke with ABC Melbourne for their series 'Germs & Justice' focusing on surveillance and privacy during COVID19.

Despite playing an integral role in the national COVID-19 response, CAIDE was incredibly privileged to receive a launch speech from Dr Alan Finkel, Chief Scientist of Australia.

Surveillance technology deployed to combat COVID-19 can quickly be used against civil freedoms

We know that our home devices might be listening and recording us, so why do we have them anyway?

Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?

Working and studying from home has become a feature of many peoples lives under COVID19 but for some with access issues or many without a home office, this might not be an equitable solution.

Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?

Efforts to control the weaponisation of new technologies like AI are fragmented, but the UN hosts an existing disarmament framework that could bring these efforts together.

The law is always behind technology but given the sweeping changes heralded by new technologies, legislators need to get in front of the issue

Dr Simon Coghlan discusses current research including the ethics surrounding animals, robots, AI and the environment.

Could treating social robots kindly make us kinder people? And could cruelty towards them make us more callous?

A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”.

Why has a pornographic image been widely used to train computer scientists and their algorithms? And what sort of message does it send to women?

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

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

Artificial intelligence is already impacting the way we work – but for the next generation of professionals, human-machine collaboration could be the norm.

It’s predicted that computers could one day become smarter than humans, but we shouldn’t forget people power in the age of artificial intelligence.

Combatting bias and creating more inclusive AI is unlikely to succeed unless developers include those people who have been historically excluded or ignored.

We are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence for important decisions but we don’t know how those decisions are being made. We urgently need Explainable AI (XAI).

Looks aren’t so deceiving: AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze.

Cross-Disciplinary work often requires new terminology that may not be familiar to us. For our first post, Dr Kobi Leins shares a cheat sheet on AI terminology for lawyers, policy makers, politicians and experts.