Our Work
I offer a multi-faceted conceptual framework for the explanation and the interpretations of algorithmic decisions, and I claim that this framework can lay the groundwork for a focused discussion among multiple stakeholders about the social implications of algorithmic decision-making, as well as AI governance and ethics more generally.
Read MoreProfessor Toni Erskine was Keynote Speaker at a public event hosted by the University of Tokyo 6 December 2019. Her lecture was titled, 'Responsibility Lost? AI, Restraint, and the Consequences of Outsourcing Decision-making in War'.
Read MoreProf Toni Erskine was an invited speaker at the Tokyo Forum 2019. She presented some of her recent work on a panel on 'The Digital Revolution: Social Science and Policy'.
Read MoreOn the shoulders of the Stanford Human-Centred AI Institute's fall conference in 2019, Seth Lazar and Stanford's Rob Reich co-convened a one-day workshop to explore the morality, law and politics of data and AI.
Read MoreShould hate speech on social media be regulated? Can it? This piece outlines current US debates on this issue and situates the problem in its global context, drawing on examples of effective and potential regulation in Europe and in emerging markets.
Read MoreTogether with Stanford's Rob Reich, Seth Lazar co-convened a session of the Human-Centred AI Institute's fall conference on AI Ethics, Policy and Governance, on 'New Directions in AI Ethics'.
Read MoreIn October 2019 Seth Lazar visited MIT and Carnegie Mellon University, to present a talk on the value of explanations to philosophers and computer scientists.
Read MoreThis lead article analyses the legal risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence in the public sector, exploring the epistemic and moral assumptions of central doctrines of public law and evaluating whether they clash with algorithmic design techniques. The article exposes the central legal challenges of automating public power.
Read MoreThe Morality and Machine Intelligence conference brought together academic leaders from institutes across the US, UK and Australia, from philosophy, social science and computer science to openly discuss their latest research on the ethics of machine intelligence.
Read MoreThis piece outlines the approach taken by social media companies to the discovery of Chinese-linked coordinated activity on their networks which appeared to be targeted at political activity in Hong Kong. It suggests the removal of such accounts is complicated by social media companies' business models.
Read MoreThis workshop was convened by HMI discovery lead Toni Erskine on behalf of the Coral Bell School and HMI, together with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Scholars and practitioners from the UK, China, and Australia addressed the question of how AI poses new challenges for security.
Read MoreProfessor Toni Erskine, HMI Discovery Lead, gave the final Shedden Lecture of the year to a full lecture theatre at the Australian Department of Defence on 'AI, Ethics, and War' on 29 November 2018 . The lecture was followed by a lively Q&A session.
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