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Professor Tim Miller
Co-director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE); Director of Learning, School of Computing and Information Systems. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
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Arts & Culture
Technodystopia: Are we heading towards a real-world Blade Runner?
In 1982, Blade Runner floored audiences with its technodystopian depiction of the future. Almost 40 years on, some of these projections seem eerily accurate
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Sciences & Technology
Challenging decisions made by algorithm
If an algorithm makes a decision about you that you think is unfair, a lack of process can make it difficult to challenge, appeal or even contest that decision
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Politics & Society
Surveillance: What is it good for?
Online monitoring raises serious questions about privacy and rights, but where justified it can be used for good if organisations consider wider issues like transparency and fairness
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Sciences & Technology
Data isn’t neutral and neither are decision algorithms
The UK’s misguided attempt to use algorithms to estimate school scores is a warning and reminder of the need to keep humans and accountability in automated decision-making
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Sciences & Technology
The privacy paradox: Why we let ourselves be monitored
Digital virtual assistants make life more convenient but we are trading off our privacy. Here are some simple steps to keeping the AI where you want it
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Politics & Society
Are our new virtual workplaces equitable?
COVID-19 has changed the way many of us work, but our new virtual workplaces raise questions over privacy, data sharing and equity
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Politics & Society
The cost to freedom in the war against COVID-19
Mass digital surveillance is increasingly being used around the world to control COVID-19. But once the pandemic fades, will the surveillance stay?
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Sciences & Technology
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
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Sciences & Technology
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)