How do we create more human-centered tech systems? Professor, author and co-director at the Human Technology Institute at UTS
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Businesses can’t escape the AI revolution – so here’s how to build a culture of safe and responsible use theconversation.com/business… via @ConversationEDU
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How can we use AI to build the future we want?
This episode of The AI Australia Podcast features @HTI_UTS's co-directors, Professors @nickdavis97 @ProfSallyCripps and @esantow to discuss the role of #governance in ensuring #responsible use of #AI.
🎧 at uts.edu.au/human-technology-…
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AI systems can cause real harms to people - both individually and collectively. I am proud to have co-authored this new report with @nickdavis97 for @HTI_UTS which lays out the risks & provides a snapshot of AI #governance in corporate Australia today. uts.edu.au/human-technology-…
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Organisations across Australia are deploying #artificialintelligence in their operations without clear strategies or adequate safeguards, undermining #AI’s potential benefits, according to a new report from @HTI_UTS's @nickdavis97 and @__laurensolomon: bddy.me/43AJsTE
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Think #AI systems operate in a regulatory 'Wild West'? Think again! AI systems are subject to #privacy, consumer protection, anti-discrimination laws and more in AUS and globally. Learn how you can navigate the AI landscape at uts.edu.au/human-technology-… @nickdavis97 @__laurensolomon
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What do drones, BDSM, technology, do no harm, risk, regulation, FRT, IHL & democracy have in common?
🎩 Hats off to @humanitech_au & my fellow panelists @nickdavis97 @emmaquilty_ @MissZola & Katy Southall moving at the speed of trust: #HumanitechSummit2023
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AI is changing the world as we know it, but are our laws keeping up?
@HTI_UTS’s new program of work, The Future of AI Regulation in Australia, aims to evaluate the gaps in Australian law and policy. #AIregulation #AI #responsibletech
Learn more: uts.edu.au/human-technology-…
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Looks like calling LLMs "stochastic parrots" might constitute an insult to parrots 🦜
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1/ Notable how three pioneers of deep learning ( recognised in their shared 2018 Turing award) have substantially diverged on how they assess risk from superintelligence:
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Five former Australian Human Rights Commissioners unanimously agree that the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament would improve human rights protections in Australia. @esantow @GuardianAus
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HTI's @Chuang_andy & @ProfSallyCripps worked on a new study combining cutting-edge Bayesian network modelling and informed analysis to unravel complex web causal factors – a methodology with potential to tackle other complex social and policy challenges.
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Are you interested in policy & technology? Come work with us @HTI_UTS!
Australian policy and law should promote positive innovation while addressing the threats posed by new & emerging tech... but we can't do this alone!
Apply for this great role by 10 April 2023!👇
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Laws have failed to keep pace with the rise of AI. Our new project, The Future of AI Regulation in Australia, will work collaboratively with civil society, industry and government to address this problem.
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The US military is developing a new class of drones that use facial recognition technology to target their weapons. If this sounds dystopian... it is.
Excellent analysis from @nickdavis97, @TobyWalsh and other experts about what this means.
It's no surprise that the military and intelligence gathering applications of facial recognition technology are being pursued despite every warning. @Newsweek takes stock of the implications with the help of @HTI_UTS experts @nickdavis97 and @esantow: bddy.me/3SAV58G
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It's no surprise that the military and intelligence gathering applications of facial recognition technology are being pursued despite every warning. @Newsweek takes stock of the implications with the help of @HTI_UTS experts @nickdavis97 and @esantow: bddy.me/3SAV58G
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'It’s really concerning to me that facial recognition is being sold as the best way to help problem gamblers when most of the evidence is that it can make problem gambling worse' — Professor @nickdavis97 @smh
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Ted Chiang’s piece on ChatGPT and large language models is as good as everyone says.
The fact that the outputs are rephrasings rather than direct quotes makes them seem game-changingly smart — even sentient — but they’re just very straightforwardly not.
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ALT Imagine what it would look like if ChatGPT were a lossless algorithm. If that were the case, it would always answer questions by providing a verbatim quote from a relevant Web page. We would probably regard the software as only a slight improvement over a conventional search engine, and be less impressed by it. The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read; it creates the illusion that ChatGPT understands the material. In human students, rote memorization isn’t an indicator of genuine learning, so ChatGPT’s inability to produce exact quotes from Web pages is precisely what makes us think that it has learned something. When we’re dealing with sequences of words, lossy compression looks smarter than lossless compression.
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As companies treat our personal data like oil - as a resource to exploit - our privacy law hasn't kept pace.
But the reform process inched forward today, with the AG releasing proposals to modernise & strengthen privacy protections. 1/3
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What does effective change management involve in the deployment of enterprise AI solutions?
Join Ed Santow, Peter Campbell, Greg Dickason and Claire Linwood as they discuss how best to derive value from AI solutions.
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Great to see many positive recommendations in the #PrivacyActReview today - crucially, there is acknowledgement that additional protections need to be introduced in instances where ADM is used to make significant decisions about individuals.