AI Asia Pacific Institute Podcast

"I sync, therefore I am" — John C. Havens John C. Havens is Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems that has two primary outputs – the creation and iteration of a body of work known as Ethically Aligned Design: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems and the recommendation of ideas for Standards Pro...

"For AI to be successful there must be trust. We must have AI systems we can trust." — Renée Cummings Renée Cummings is a criminologist, criminal psychologist, therapeutic jurisprudence specialist, AI ethicist and the historic first Data Activist in Residence, at The School of Data Science, University of Virginia. Renée is also a community scholar at Columbia University. Advocating for AI we can t...

Join Kelly Forbes for Season 2 of the AI Asia Pacific Institute Podcast. With fascinating guests, we will explore the legal, ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence. What's its greatest potential? And what could possibly go wrong?  Subscribe now, wherever you listen and join the AI Asia Pacific Institute newsletter at https://aiasiapacific.org. 

"Even if we don't get to that stage of AGI, it is absolutely probable that we will get to the point where there is enough complexity in some of these AI systems which can have an ongoing and profound effect on people's lives" — Matthew Newman Matthew is a global leader in the operationalisation of AI Ethics and responsible use of frontier technology. He is founder and CEO of TechInnocens , a consu...

"Trust is the canvas that we operate on without really recognising it" — Oliver Smith Ollie is responsible for overall strategy and is Head of Ethics at Koa Health , alongside establishing and maintaining strong partnerships, and business model development. He has extensive experience in strategy and innovation across a range of sectors. Before joining Koa he was Director of Strategy and Innovatio...

"We need to start thinking about how we can use AI to break down some of these borders, to break down some of these jurisdictions and to make sure that we work together as humans, not just as different countries" — Kate MacDonald Kate MacDonald is the New Zealand Government Fellow to the World Economic Forum and the Government representative to the OECD Network of AI Experts, working in the areas...

"The field of AI ethics is calling for implementation" — Merve Hickok Merve Hickok is the founder of www.aiEthicist.org platform and Lighthouse Career Consulting. She is an independent AI ethics consultant, lecturer and speaker, focusing on capacity building, awareness raising on ethical and responsible development and use of AI and its governance. She has over 15 years of senior level experience...

"If human cooperation is the most powerful force in history, then human cooperation with intelligent machines will actually define the next era of history" — Dr. Mark Sagar Double Academy Award winner Dr. Mark Sagar is the CEO and co-founder of Soul Machines and Director of the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. Mark has a Ph. D. in Engineering from the U...

"It does not really mean that you should be afraid of using the technology, but you need to understand what you are doing" — Mona Zoet Mona Zoet, founder and CEO of RegPac Revolution, has over 18 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry within the Legal, Risk and Compliance areas, previously specializing in AML and KYC within some of the world’s biggest banks. During her time in the...

"There are no human rights without a liveable planet." — Sherif Elsayed-Ali Sherif Elsayed-Ali is a leading expert in the tech for good space and has unique experience at the intersection of technology and social issues. He co-founded Amnesty Tech, which leads Amnesty International’s work on the impact of technology on human rights and the potential uses of new technologies to advance human rights...

"If you don't gain trust from customers and regulators, things will just backlash." — Janet Wong Janet Wong is part of the EOS at Federated Hermes Asia and global emerging markets stewardship team , engaging with listed companies on material ESG topics. They have been shortlisted by the Principles for Responsible Investment’s Stewardship project of the year 2020. Janet is also the global lead on r...

"We need to make gender equality more explicit and we need to position gender equality principles in a way that provides for greater accountability." — Saniye Gülser Corat Saniye Gülser Corat served as Director for Gender Equality at UNESCO from September 2004 to August 2020. She is the lead author of the landmark 2019 study “I’d Blush if I Could: Closing Gender Divides in Digital Skills in Educat...

"If ethics frames and guides our collective decision-making, we can ensure we reap the benefits of technology without falling foul of avoidable, manageable shortcomings." — Ethical by Design: Principles for Good Technology Dr Matt Beard is a moral philosopher with an academic background in applied and military ethics. He has taught philosophy and ethics at university for several years, during whic...

"If a person were to commit a crime by way of brain-computer interface, what would the ‘criminal act’ be?" — Dr Allan McCay Dr Allan McCay teaches criminal law at the University of Sydney. He is a member of the Management Committee of the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, also at the University of Sydney Law School, and at Macquarie University is an Affiliate Member of the Centre for Agency...

"What most matters today is the question about individuals and their own data: Is gathered personal information processed to invigorate self-determination and expand opportunities, or does it narrow possible human experiences?." — James Brusseau , AI Human Impact: Toward a Model for Ethical Investing in AI-Intensive Companies   Does AI conform to humans, or will we conform to AI? In this conv...

"It has never been more important that we keep a sharp eye out on the development of this field and how it is shaping our society and interactions with each other." — Abhishek Gupta , Montreal AI Ethics Institute   The Montreal AI Ethics Institute is an international, non-profit research institute dedicated to defining humanity’s place in a world increasingly characterized and driven by algor...

"My key takeaway would be that there is an urgency around the conversation. It doesn't matter how far away AGI is. AI is having an impact now. It's going to continue to have an impact. It's going to affect our lives. It's going to affect the lives of our children. We need to have the conversation now because we don't actually know how much time we have before it's too late to have the conversation...

"Perhaps if ethics had been a mandatory part of the core curriculum of computer scientists, these companies wouldn't have lost the public trust in the way they have today. " — Rana el Kaliouby  A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph. D. (@Kaliouby), is Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva , and author of the newly released book Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Br...

"My humble recommendation is to empower ourselves through upskilling and having an open mindset to become a life-long learner" — Carolyn Chin-Parry Carolyn Chin-Parry is the current Women of the Year from the Women in IT Asia Awards. She is a Managing Director and Digital Innovation Leader at PwC Singapore and also leads PwC's Asia Pacific Digital Upskilling Initiative for 84,000 employees in the...

"Trust needs to be built" — Dr Antonio Feraco In this conversation, we focused on what processes are available to encourage trust within AI systems. Antonio has a lot to share in this area, having been active in the space as TÜV SÜD explores the development of a quality framework. This is a significant contribution to the development of a future certification or accreditation process for AI system...

"We are going to see an accelerated shift from the west to the east as we come out of this pandemic" — Scott Bales In this conversation, we covered a wide range of topics: from how technology startups need to manage their initial purpose to the future of the financial industry in a post-pandemic world. Scott discussed the latest developments in Singapore in working towards becoming an AI hub and e...

In this episode, we are sharing our latest webinar, the second in a series of dialogues on COVID-19. This was an enlightening discussion as our panellists, Vincent Vuillard from FutureWork Studio and Michelle Hancic from Pymetrics , shared their view on how COVID-19 might fuel the next wave of innovation and its impact on the future of work. Here are some important topics that have been highlighte...

"Do what is preferable, not acceptable. Preference is greater than acceptance" — Nathan Kinch Nathan is the CEO of Greater Than X . He's the creator of Data Trust by Design and dabbles in startup investments when he can. Nathan spent the bulk of his career grappling with the complexity and nuance of the rapidly evolving personal information economy. He's led work for governments, big tech, banks,...

"We have a real opportunity at this turning point of the digital revolution to make sure that we remember alternatives are possible" — Lizzie O'Shea In today's episode, we discussed how different technologies are impacting us and how we can navigate these challenges in the age of AI. Lizzie discussed some of the technologies deployed to fight and manage COVID-19 and how we can use this challenging...

I don't believe that AI is ever going to be capable of resolving ethical dilemmas in a way that we can all agree about - Roger Steare   Professor Roger Steare is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts advising the Boards and executive teams on building high performing, ethical organizations. His work with BP after the Gulf of Mexico disaster has been crucial to the company’s...