ARC Future Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Professor Seth Lazar on being awarded an ARC Future Fellowship Award! Lazar’s application to the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship scheme was funded, bringing in $1,020,698 of ARC funding on the topic 'Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI'. See here for more information.
Project Summary
Public and private actors are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to exercise power over citizens, who are increasingly unsure whether to accept that power. AI faces a crisis of legitimacy. This project aims to use technically- and empirically-grounded philosophy to make Australia a global leader in the study and design of legitimate AI. The project expects to launch and make fundamental progress in a new field: the Political Philosophy of AI. Expected outcomes include new strategies shared with industry and government partners for designing and deploying legitimate AI systems. Expected benefits include the opportunity to enjoy the public and private efficiencies enabled by AI, without compromising our freedom and equality.The project is scheduled to begin mid-2022.