Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from Queensland, a Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor of Law at UNSW, and a member of the Referendum Council. In this episode, we talk about the ethical loneliness indigenous Australians experience; the shocking findings of the Family is Culture review and the heartbreak that has given rise to deep distrust of authorities; what a first nations voice to parliament would mean; Black Lives Matter movements in the United States and Australia; what’s going wrong with our recitations of acknowledgments of country; and what it is that Megan puts her trust in for our future.

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Megan Davis - "Why Don’t They Want to Know About Us?” – Trust and the First Nations Voice

Professor Toby Walsh is a world-leader in artificial intelligence, author of “2062: The World that AI Made”, and a Scientia Professor, based at UNSW and Data61. In this episode, we ask: Why are most digital assistants “women” and most AI developers men? Should we be warned when we’re talking to a robot? What does the future of work look like in an automated world? What should be done about robots who can decide who to kill? Why has Toby changed his mind about the use of facial recognition software? And who should be responsible when AI goes wrong? You can find Toby’s latest book here - https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/2062

Toby Walsh - From Siri’s voice to killer robots: What will it take to make AI trustworthy?

Professor Frank Pasquale, Brooklyn Law School, is an expert in the regulation of AI, with wide-ranging expertise from law and political economy to healthcare policy and privacy. His latest book is “New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI”. In this episode, we talk about the loss of trust in US democratic processes; why regulators around the world are investigating alleged abuses of power by Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon; whether governments should use the location data collected by private companies to trace COVID contacts; why Frank says we’re in an arms race of self-disclosure to virtual nakedness; how AI decision-making could be democratised to make it more trustworthy; and whether the very nature of trust is changing. Find Frank’s latest book here: https://www.harvard.com/book/new_laws_of_robotics/

Frank Pasquale - Trust, Power and Democracy

Now more than ever, we’re being asked to trust institutions, companies, technology and experts — and to part with more of our personal information. As part of UNSW’s Grand Challenge on Trust, Dr Katharine Kemp hosts Trust Exercise, bringing together thought leaders across disciplines to discuss trust deficits, abuses of trust, what it takes to be trusted, and what this means for our lives.

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