Animals, robots and ethics
Dr Simon Coghlan discusses current research including the ethics surrounding animals, robots, AI and the environment.
Published 03 Feb 2020
MLS Newsroom
Australia Day Honours for MLS community
Melbourne Law School congratulates a number of alumni and friends who were recently recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list. The awards are a testament to the contributions and outstanding commitment made by MLS alumni to the Australian community.
Published 30 Jan 2020
Abusing a robot won’t hurt it, but it could make you a crueller person
Could treating social robots kindly make us kinder people? And could cruelty towards them make us more callous?
Published 29 Jan 2020
Not bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”.
Published 23 Jan 2020
MLS media round up
From Hong Kong to Capitol Hill, these are your most-read articles from MLS eBrief 2019
Published 17 Dec 2019
A Competition Lore Podcast Live Interview and Breakfast, with Frank Pasquale
Big Tech Antitrust: At War With ItselfThursday 25 July 2019, 8.30am - 9.30am
Published 16 Dec 2019
It's time to retire Lena from computer science
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?
Published 13 Dec 2019
Funding Win for MLS Digital Research
Melbourne Law School has received more than $840,000 in funding as part of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards.
Published 06 Dec 2019
What is the law when AI makes the ‘decisions’?
A Federal Court ruling that the Australia government’s ‘Robodebt’ system is unlawful shines a much-needed light on what the law actually says.
Published 05 Dec 2019
What is the law when AI makes the ‘decisions’?
A Federal Court ruling that the Australia government’s ‘Robodebt’ system is unlawful shines a much-needed light on what the law actually says.
Published 05 Dec 2019
From Law School to Laramba
The remote community of Laramba is taking action against the CEO of the Northern Territory Department of Housing with the help of an app developed by MLS JD students.
Published 29 Nov 2019
The 'personality' in artificial intelligence
As artificial intelligence and deep learning continue to impact many human industries, would understanding the ‘personality’ within the algorithm make us trust AI more?
Published 19 Nov 2019
Should we work with or turn off AI?
Artificial intelligence is already impacting the way we work – but for the next generation of professionals, human-machine collaboration could be the norm.
Published 18 Nov 2019
Will a computer take your job?
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.
Published 18 Nov 2019
Why does artificial intelligence discriminate?
Combatting bias and creating more inclusive AI is unlikely to succeed unless developers include those people who have been historically excluded or ignored.
Published 18 Nov 2019
What were you thinking?
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).
Published 18 Nov 2019
Looks aren't so deceiving: AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze
Looks aren’t so deceiving: AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze.
Published 18 Nov 2019
Tribute to Sir Zelman Cowen
On 23 October, the Hon Dr Barry Jones AC paid tribute to Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC in a speech at the Melbourne Law School's Golden Alumni Reunion.
Published 30 Oct 2019
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