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Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and Per Capita's Centre of the Public Square, Burning Platforms Podcast
AI is transforming our world at rapid speed, raising urgent questions about who benefits, who loses, and how we keep control of the future.
Panellists from the Burning Platforms podcast, explore the promises and pitfalls of AI - and what’s at stake for all Australians. Panellists include:
- Lizzie O’Shea: Human Rights Lawyer & Chairperson, Digital Rights Watch
- Peter Lewis: Executive Director, Essential Media & Fellow, Per Capita
- Holly Rankin (aka Jack River): Recording Artist and Co-Founder, Sentiment
- David Penberthy: Columnist, The Advertiser and Sunday Mail
- The Hon Jay Weatherill AO: Executive Director of Democracy, McKinnon
While the boosters of AI are rushing to transform the world, citizens are being left in the slipstream, with little chance to influence how this new technology takes shape.
AI systems are built by harvesting the ideas and creations of others, often without consent, and are already eroding jobs and reshaping culture on the promise of future productivity with little input from those whose livelihoods are on the line.
As the Luddites taught us, the way we adopt technology will be critical to whether it improves people’s lives or cuts a swathe through jobs for the benefit of the few.
Many Australians perceive more risk than upside in this new technology, so why is it being pushed so hard, with so few guardrails or controls in place?
www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and Per Capita's Centre of the Public Square, Burning Platforms Podcast
AI is transforming our world at rapid speed, raising urgent questions about who benefits, who loses, and how we keep control of the future.
Panellists from the Burning Platforms podcast, explore the promises and pitfalls of AI - and what’s at stake for all Australians. Panellists include:
- Lizzie O’Shea: Human Rights Lawyer & Chairperson, Digital Rights Watch
- Peter Lewis: Executive Director, Essential Media & Fellow, Per Capita
- Holly Rankin (aka Jack River): Recording Artist and Co-Founder, Sentiment
- David Penberthy: Columnist, The Advertiser and Sunday Mail
- The Hon Jay Weatherill AO: Executive Director of Democracy, McKinnon
While the boosters of AI are rushing to transform the world, citizens are being left in the slipstream, with little chance to influence how this new technology takes shape.
AI systems are built by harvesting the ideas and creations of others, often without consent, and are already eroding jobs and reshaping culture on the promise of future productivity with little input from those whose livelihoods are on the line.
As the Luddites taught us, the way we adopt technology will be critical to whether it improves people’s lives or cuts a swathe through jobs for the benefit of the few.
Many Australians perceive more risk than upside in this new technology, so why is it being pushed so hard, with so few guardrails or controls in place?
www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au
