Our Work — Humanising Machine Intelligence

HMI DAIS 07 - Seda Gürses, TU Delft ‘Protective Optimization Technologies’

Seda Gürses, TU Delft gave the seventh HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar ‘Protective Optimization Technologies’. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff17 September 2020DAIS

HMI DAIS 06 - Elettra Bietti, Harvard University

Elettra Bietti, Harvard University, gave the sixth HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff3 September 2020DAIS

HMI DAIS 05 - Barbara Kiviat, Stanford University

Barbara Kiviat of Stanford University gave the fifth HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff20 August 2020DAIS

HMI DAIS 04 - Clinton Castro, Florida International University

Clinton Castro of Florida International University gave the fourth HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff6 August 2020DAIS

HMI DAIS 02 - Lily Hu, Computer Science Harvard University

Lily Hu of Harvard University gave the second HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff16 July 2020DAIS

Human Rights Commission Roundtable Discussion

Humanising Machine Intelligence convened a virtual roundtable consultation with Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow to discuss the Human Rights and Technology Project on 28 May 2020. HMI brought a group of senior experts and decision makers together across academia, industry and government to support the important work of the Commission.

Events, Policy, Automating-GovernanceHMI Staff27 June 2020Chelle, Seth, Webinar, COVID, Claire, Jenny, Will, Damian, Design

HMI DAIS 03 - Maria De-Arteaga, University of Texas

Maria De-Arteaga of University of Texas gave the third HMI Data, AI and Society public seminar. Click through for more information or view HMI Dais recordings here.

EventsHMI Staff23 June 2020DAIS

Common Ground Day: Ethics and Machine Learning

This day-long course brought together research fellows from HMI and the Gradient Institute to exchange knowledge. Claire Benn presented the basics of ethics and Dan Steinberg and Lachlan McCalman from the Gradient Institute introduced the core elements of machine learning.

EventsHMI Staff9 June 2020Claire, Dan, Lachlan

Trust & Safety Workshop - Robotics Roadmap for Australia

The Australian Robotics Network are leading a series of workshops, being held across the country to progress the second edition of the Robotics Roadmap for Australia covering areas of national significance to Australia; resources, manufacturing, healthcare, services, defence, infrastructure, agriculture/environment, space and transport/mobility. This webinar lay the foundations of a trust and safety robotics network of researchers, assurance industries, government and organisations in Australia.

Events, PolicyHMI Staff2 June 2020Chelle, Seth, Webinar

COVIDSafe: Four Weeks In Webinar

Launched on ANZAC Day weekend, the COVIDSafe app is one of the fastest-downloaded apps in Australian history, but has also been the source of much controversy. A month in, we now know more about the app itself, the legislation supporting it, and the alternatives available around the world. It's possible to make an informed assessment of where we are, and where we need to go from here.

EventsHMI Staff29 May 2020Chelle, Seth, COVID

AI and Power: From Bias to Justice

In Kate Crawford’s talk ‘AI and Power: From Bias to Justice’, she called for us to move away from obsessing about biases and instead find paths towards justice and enforce limits on the centralised powers that dominate the majority of technology.

Events, Automating-GovernanceHMI Staff17 December 2019Design

ANU Future Insights Workshop on AI macro-trends

Chelle Adamson provided input into the ANU Future Insights Workshop on AI macro-trends convened by the National Security College in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs. AI’s technical, social, and operational aspects were examined through the lenses of “whole of portfolio” and whole-of-government.

Events, PolicyHMI Staff2 December 2019Chelle