What does it take to regulate artificial intelligence? We invited Professor Geoff Mulgan of University College London, author of When Science Meets Power (Polity Press) and many other titles, to help us unpack the possibilities. Listen in as he draws on his background in technology, governance, academia, and beyond to consider this multidimensional challenge and offer some thoughts on how to make progress. There are some calls to action, too, for those of you in the field.

Credits

Guest: Geoff Mulgan

Co-Hosts: Zena Assaad and Liz Williams

Producers: Robbie Slape, Martin Franklin (East Coast Studio), Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

For the full transcript or YouTube vodcast, visit: https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e06

This month, we chat with Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist and science communicator with a passion for creatively making use of technology for her work in wildlife conservation. We learn all about how she uses drones to survey the health of whales in transit and what research like this is telling us about these magnificent creatures. We also get into a wide-ranging discussion about life in science as a woman in STEM and in academia, the importance of sharing our work with society, the role citizen science can play in our understanding of the world, and so much more.

Vanessa is a real inspiration, and we think our chat with her is a perfect way to get yourself in the mood for Australia's National Science Week.

Guest: Vanessa Pirotta

Hosts: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Producers: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams, Robbie Slape, Martin Franklin

A video of our chat and a full (edited!) transcript are available on our website:

https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e05

What are AI standards – and why should we care? Our guest today, Dr Kobi Leins, has first-hand experience as both contributor to the development of AI standards for the world and a professional working on supporting safe AI in real world industry contexts. We talk about what AI standards are for and why the discussion and work feeding into standards – and AI development and deployment more broadly – matters for us all. It’s the kind of tricky discussion that starts in industry and day-to-day applications of AI, and ends in military uses of AI.

If you care about AI ethics, safety, responsibility, all those words – then you need to listen to this conversation.

Credits

Guest: Dr Kobi Leins

Hosts: Zena Assaad and Liz Williams

Producers: Robbie Slape, Zena Assaad, Liz Williams, Martin Franklin (East Coast Studio)

Thanks to the Australian National Centre for the Advancement of Science for letting us use their podcast studio.

For episode links and the full transcript, visit https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e04