AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 2

As we continue our discussion on everything that has happened in the world of AI in the past week, we begin today’s episode with what the public is currently saying about ChatGPT-3 and Google’s new alternative, Bard. The recent circumvention of ChatGPT’s ethics guardrails has sent shockwaves through the industry, and we talk about why academics are worried about AI chatbots as well as other general concerns about the technology. Then, we dive into the “why” of AI, paying particular attention to who decides what we want from AI and whether the current state of AI is valuable to society. The absence of accountability is a major problem in AI governance and we explore the lack of thought in the long-term implications of AI, as well as how the Australian and New Zealand governments compare in their AI protocols. At the end of the day, countries should be working together to provide a universal framework of ethics in AI, but is this possible with so many different cultures to accommodate? To find out the answer, and to gain insight into Kobi’s exciting, new collaboration, tune in now! 

 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Discussing the current conversations around ChatGPT-3 and Google’s new alternative, Bard.

• Reiterating the fears of being able to circumvent ChatGPT’s ethics guardrails. 

• Why academics are worried about AI chatbots and other concerns about the technology.

• Exploring the ‘why’ of AI: Who decides what we want from AI, and is it valuable to us?

• The lack of thought on the long-term and societal impacts of AI, and the absence of accountability. 

• Outcomes of the Robodebt trial and the thin lines between fear, ignorance, and negligence. 

• How the Australian and New Zealand governments compare in AI law. 

• The need for a framework of principles that can be used to critique governmental decisions.  

• Why countries should work together in creating a universal framework of ethics in AI.

• The difficulty of creating global systems of compliance within multiple different cultures.  

• An exciting collaboration that Kobi is working on, and why “ego” and “power” threaten this work.   

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

‘An important next step in our AI journey’

‘EU, US step up AI cooperation amid policy crunchtime’ 

‘Amazing “jailbreak” bypasses ChatGPT’s ethics safeguards’ 

‘Now is the moment for a systemic reset of AI and technology governance’

‘Who decides what conversations are allowed about artificial intelligence?’ 

‘What is the law when AI makes the ‘decisions’?’ 

‘Whose doing was it?: what we’ve learned from the Robodebt Royal Commission’ 

‘Government algorithm transparency and accountability’

Sociotechnical Imaginaries 

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