Published Aug 21 2023

Staying ahead of the artificial intelligence revolution

Alan
Petersen
Professor of Sociology
Rashina hoda
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology
Campbell wilson
Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology
Geoff webb
Director, Monash University Centre for Data Science
Neerav srivastava
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law
Ridoan karim
Lecturer, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
Michelle lazarus
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Jesselyn sin
Undergraduate medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

Artificial intelligence isn’t just the buzzword of the past year – it might just be the buzzword of the next century. That’s because at every passing moment, technology is making exponential leaps.

Read more: AI, we need to talk: The divide between humanities and objective truth

As AI continues to reach capabilities few ever imagined possible, leading academics have pivoted the debate from whether all AI innovation is good innovation, and where its limitations lie, to whether our inherent embrace of technology that makes our lives easier has the potential to threaten our very way of being.

Read more: So sue me: Who should be held liable when AI makes mistakes?

In all facets of life, AI creates just as much opportunity as it does the opposite. And as we get closer to integrating it into everything we do, there will quickly come a time where we’ll need to collectively determine whether it’s best to accept the technology into our lives, or reject it altogether.

Either way, significant action will need to be put in place in order to ensure the best possible outcome for everyone.

Find out what AI really means for the future of humanity in this episode of A Different Lens.

About the Authors

  • Alan petersen

    Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences

    Professor Alan Petersen believes a lack of effective community consultation over the development and use of new technologies undermines Australia’s democratic system. The leading sociologist wants the broader population to begin to seriously consider how we want our future shaped.

  • Rashina hoda

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology

    Rashina is Associate Dean (Equity Diversity and Inclusion) and Associate Professor in Software Engineering at the Faculty of IT. She’s an international expert in human and socio-technical aspects of software engineering and responsible AI, a passionate educator, and a champion for underrepresented girls and women in STEM.

  • Campbell wilson

    Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology

    Campbell Co-Director of the AiLECS lab and Associate Dean (International) at the Faculty of Information Technology. His His research focuses includes digital forensics, information retrieval, machine learning and bioinformatics.

  • Geoff webb

    Director, Monash University Centre for Data Science and Professor of Information Technology Research, School of Information Technology

    Geoff is a world-renowned data scientist whose research investigates how to use data to best support effective evidence-based decision making and derive useful knowledge and insight. This spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, data analytics and big data. Geoff is the author of the Magnum Opus commercial data mining software package, a system that embodies many of his research contributions in the area of data mining and has contributed many components to the popular Weka machine learning workbench. He is a technical adviser to Froomle, a data-science-driven recommendation engine.

  • Neerav srivastava

    PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law

    Neerav’s thesis investigates the law and principles regarding the 21st-century phenomenon of digital matchmaking – that is, when a platform such as Uber, Airbnb or Tinder brings strangers together. The thesis places particular emphasis on the legal responsibilities owed by the platform to both the guest and the service provider.

  • Ridoan karim

    Lecturer, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia

    Ridoan is a Lecturer at the Department of Business Law & Taxation, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia. He has taught and researched in the fields of business and international trade law. Prior to joining the Department of Business Law and Taxation of Monash University Malaysia, Ridoan was a full-time Lecturer for more than three years at the School of Business Administration, East Delta University, Bangladesh. His research interests include environment and energy law, business law, law and technology and public policy and governance.

  • Michelle lazarus

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

    Michelle is the Director of the Centre for Human Anatomy Education and Curriculum Integration Network lead for the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education. She leads an education research team focused on exploring the role that education has in preparing learners for their future careers. She is an award-winning educator, recognised with the Australian Award for University Teaching Excellence in 2021, a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and author of the Uncertainty Effect: How to survive and thrive through the unexpected.

  • Jesselyn sin

    Undergraduate medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

    Jesselyn ‘s passions lie in health education, showcased through her involvement in various advocacy and educational projects promoting health knowledge and literacy, including work on projects focused on improving delivery of health professional curricula and planetary health.

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