Automated Societies

This panel discussion took place at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. Panelists reflect on existing legal and regulatory commitments across news and media, discuss new reforms, and consider whether automation actually requires a new regulatory agenda.  Speakers: Prof Kim Weatherall, University of Sydney Dr Joanne Gray, University of Sy...

This panel discussion took place at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. Panelists discuss how news companies have started to focus on personalising content for readers, from simply allowing people to select topics of interest, to constructing deeply automated websites that present each reader with an individualised front page.  Speakers:...

This panel discussion took place at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. Panelists introduce the Australian Search Experience project, and discuss the long-term implications for future research that have arisen as a result of the study.  Speakers: Prof Daniel Angus, Queensland University of Technology Dr Abdul Obeid, Queensland University...

This panel discussion took place at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. Panelists discuss the actual vs perceived capabilities of AI systems, their potential to disrupt vs their capacity to maintain power dynamics, and the real vs imagined threats and challenges of automation in the media landscape. Speakers: Dr Thao Phan, Monash Univers...

This keynote was presented at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. In this presentation titled 'A New Thing Under the Sun? Alternative Visions for Tech in the Age of AI', Tattle co-founder Tarunima Prabhakar argues for a deeper engagement of theory with practice to inform critiques of ‘big tech’, and the proposed agenda for change...

This keynote was presented at the 2023 ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, 13-14 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. In this presentation titled 'Introducing Communicative AI', Prof Loosen from Hans Bredow Institute considers what it means to think about AI as a form of communication, working with and further developing the concept ‘Communicative AI’, and illustrates the breadth...

In this episode, Prof Deborah Lupton and Dr Vaughan Wozniak-O'Connor from the University of News South Wales discuss the process of their interdisciplinary collaboration in putting together the 'More-Than-Human Wellbeing' exhibition, as a research translation and community engagement initiative. They discuss the process and thinking behind making the exhibition, barriers they encounter...

This presentation by Ausma Bernot titled 'Queer Social Sorting - Control and resistance in China’s LGBTQ+ activism,' was held at the ADM+S Centre at RMIT University and livestreamed online on Tuesday 16 May 2023. Since 2013, LGBTQ+ activism in China has been progressively hampered by sophisticated queer social sorting methods that include both automated decision-making and the use of human...

The dazzling promises of AI systems to augment humans in various tasks hinge on whether humans can appropriately rely on them. Recent research has shown that appropriate reliance is the key to achieving complementary team performance in AI-assisted decision making. Accurately estimating the trustworthiness of AI advice at the instance level is quite challenging, especially in the absence of perfor...

Dr Aaron Snoswell presented ChatGPT: Hype or the Next Big Thing? At the Hacks/Hackers Brisbane event held 22 March 2023. In this presentation, Aaron talks about the hype, the limitations, and the potential of large language models like ChatGPT. Are we stuck in another iteration of the ‘hype cycle’, or are these systems actually a step closer to a useful and general artificial intelligence?

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. Chair:  Haiqing Yu, RMIT University and Dev Lewis, Digital Asia Hub   Panellists: Shawn Wu, SeeDAO KC Chen, SeeDAO Jenks Guo, FileCoin James Kang, Crypto Enthusiast   Discussants: Ellie Rennie, RMIT University Kaitlin Beegle, F...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. Mark Andrejevic from Monash University presents 'Seeing Like a Border Securing Circulation During COVID and Beyond.'

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. Malavika Jayaram from Digital Asia Hub, presents 'Disappearing from Happiness Street, and other tales of magic and wonder'.

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. Xin Dai from Peking University presents 'Locating and Localizing ADM Failures in China.'

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This session included the following presentations:   Xin Gu, Monash University: De-construct Chinese Facial Recognition Technology Discourse.   Hailing Zhao, Aalborg University, Tingting Liu, Jinan University, Guangzhou: Coping...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This session included the following presentations:   Jian Xu, Deakin University, Terry Flew, University of Sydney: Governing the Algorithmic Distribution of News in China: The case of Jinri Toutiao.   Yu Shan and Michael Keane,...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This podcast includes the following presentations:   Warwick Powell, University of Queensland, Shoufeng Cao, University of Queensland: Automated Decision-Making in Cross-Border Trade with China: Exploring the opportunity of fed...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This podcast includes the following presentations: H C Steinhardt and Christian Göbel, University of Vienna: Mobilising Social Anomie to strengthen the state: Justification Strategies for 'Social Credit' on Sina Weibo....

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This session included the following presentations:   Adam Knight, Leiden Institute: Automating Revolution: Operational Research and the Origins of Automated Decision-Making in 1950's China.   Xiang Gao, Zhejiang University:...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This podcast includes the following presentations:   Marianne von Blomberg and Bjorn Ahl, University of Cologne: Debating the Legality of "Credit based Regulation" in China - A review of Chinese legal scholarship.   C...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This podcast includes the following presentations:   Yu Hong, Zhejiang University, Yiran Wei, Hong Kong Baptist University:   The Making of a City Brain: How traditional media become the sociotechnical gateway for technopolitic...

This recording is from the International Conference on Automated Decision-Making and Chinese Societies (ADM&CS) held at RMIT University and online on 1-3 February 2023. This podcast includes the following presentations:   Haemin Jee, U.S. Military Academy:   Credit for compliance: How Institutional Layering Ensures Compliance in China.   Fan Yang, University of Cologne:   Strengthening Efficie...

This discussion took place at the 2022 Future Automated Mobilities Symposium, held at RMIT University 20-21 October. This session shines the spotlight on the groundbreaking interdisciplinary academic and industry initiatives, research and collaboration being undertaken in Sweden - across three key organisations - the automotive company Volvo Cars, Halmstad University’s interdisciplinary research t...

This discussion took place at the 2022 Future Automated Mobilities Symposium, held at RMIT University 20-21 October. What do future automated mobilities look like from the perspectives of different stakeholders across industry, public sector, academic and government funded initiatives? Our panellists explore how these organisations and sectors have successfully collaborated, and we ask how we migh...

This discussion took place at the 2022 Future Automated Mobilities Symposium, held at RMIT University 20-21 October. How do we research, design and create interventions towards fair, trusted and safe future automated mobilities? What new research methods and techniques are available, and how might they be harnessed for interdisciplinary and engaged research and impact? Our world renowned methodolo...