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2 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITTHU 31 OCTOBER 2019
07.45 Light breakfast on arrival
08.00 Registration
08.30 WELCOME
08.30 – 08.40 Welcome to the Go8 AI Collaboration and Commercialisation Summit
Summit Host: Professor Margaret Gardner
President and Vice-Chancellor Monash University
08.40 – 08.45 Welcome to Country
Elder from the Wurundjeri Land & Compensation Cultural Heritage
Council Aboriginal Corporation
08.45 – 08.55 Launch of the Go8 AI Capability Statement
Professor Dawn Freshwater
Vice Chancellor University of Western Australia and Go8 Chair
08.55 – 09.05 The day’s three key questions
Summit Facilitator: Professor Marc Parlange
Provost and Senior Vice-President Monash University
09.05 – 09.25 Opening Keynote and Context
Dr Alan Finkel
Australia’s Chief Scientist
09.25 – 09.40 Keynote Address: Artificial Intelligence and the implications
for Australia (by recorded video)
Professor Toby Walsh
Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence UNSW Sydney
1 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 3THU 31 OCTOBER 2019
SESSION 1 IMPROVING AUSTRALIA’S AI COMMITMENT
There are extensive opportunities for Australia from the existing
strengths in AI and related fields that are within the Go8 and other
organisations. As global advances accelerate, Australia will need to
keep pace, and preferably be ahead, in niche areas if it is to have a
competitive edge in trade, R&D, and across most sectors; including
Defence and Space. Considerations range from required investment,
much greater industry adoption, and the building of required
workforce skills.
09.40 – 10.40 Improving Australia’s AI commitment
Panel Chair: Dr Dean Moss
Chief Executive Officer UniQuest University of Queensland
and Chair of the Go8 Innovation and Commercialisation Group
Dr Tony Lindsay
Director STeLaRLab Lockheed Martin
Mr Jonathan Chang
Silverpond Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Professor Sally Cripps
Director of Centre for Translational Data Science Professor of
Statistics School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney
Mr Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry
Max Kelsen Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Dr Mike Molinari
Managing Director IP Group Australia
For open discussion and with panel Q&A
10.40 – 11.00 Morning Tea
4 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITTHU 31 OCTOBER 2019
11.00 – 12.00 Case Studies
Panel Chair: Vicki Thomson
Chief Executive Group of Eight
An industry partner and university partner describe how they
worked together to deliver a product for the industry partner.
They will highlight the challenges, what the industry partner needed,
what the university partner delivered, and lessons learned
Case Study 1 – Monash University
and Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Case study on AFP collaboration with the university on the dark web
and using AI to track down cyber criminals.
Dr Campbell Wilson
Associate Dean (International) Co-Director AiLECS (AI for
Law Enforcement and Community Safety) research laboratory
Monash University
Dr Janis Dalins
AFP Co-Director AiLECS Lab and Data Science Lead
for Digital Forensics
Ms Annelize Venter
AFP Manager of Information Data Management and Analytics
With Q&A
Case Study 2 – AI Startup Hivery
Case study on HIVERY, an AI startup, established by three academics
and two associates from Coca-Cola. It will explore how the company
started with an experimental mindset and convinced established
retailers and CPG companies to think differently about embracing
and starting out with AI and operations research. The case study will
cover how HIVERY secured customer data and used a unique product
development methodology to co-develop software applications that
assist them look at retail space management in ways never possible;
scaling to the USA, Japan and Latin America (LATAM) in the progress.
The session may also discuss skills transfer, attracting people to AI
careers and access to data.
Dr Menkes van den Briel
Hivery Data Scientist and Co-founder
Mr Franki Chamaki
Hivery Chief Operations Officer and Co-founder
With Q&A
12.00 – 12.15 Keynote Address: Artificial Intelligence
– the European and French context
Professor Jean Chambaz
President Sorbonne University France and
Chair of the League of European Research Universities (LERU)
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 5THU 31 OCTOBER 2019
SESSION 2 IMPROVING AI DEPLOYMENT INTO THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
How people respond to AI, either by embracing, being concerned, or
rejecting it, depends on the degree to which AI is discussed in Australia.
The Go8 has a role, with key AI industry innovators, in assisting and
informing ways to navigate this societal and industry change.
12.15 – 13.15 Panel Chair: Dr Alastair Hick
Senior Director Monash Innovation
Professor Sarah Pink
Professor and Director Emerging Technologies Research Lab
Monash University
Ms Narelle Luchetti
Acting Head Digital Economy and Technology Division
Department of Industry Innovation and Science
Professor Anton van den Hengel
Director Australian Institute for Machine Learning
Chief Investigator Australian Centre for Robotic Vision
and Professor of Computer Science University of Adelaide
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz
Senior Principal Scientist Strategy and Foresight
and Director Data61 Insight Team CSIRO
Dr Jürg von Känel
Associate Director IBM Research Australia
Professor Nicole Gillespie
KPMG Chair in Organisational Trust Professor of Management
School of Business University of Queensland
For open discussion and with panel Q&A
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch
UNSW soccer robots on show
Professor Claude Sammut
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Head of
the Artificial Intelligence Research Group UNSW Sydney with:
Tripta Kaur
Fourth year undergraduate student School of Computer Science
and Engineering and School of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW Sydney
Ethan Jones
PhD Student School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, UNSW Sydney
14.00 – 14.30 Keynote Address: Australia AI ethics framework
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz
CSIRO Senior Principal Scientist Strategy and Foresight
and Director Data61 Insight Team
6 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITTHU 31 OCTOBER 2019
SESSION 3 AUSTRALIA’S AI POLICY, GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION
The expanding role of AI demands Australia be ready to navigate,
respond to and incorporate the myriad possibilities from this. There
are legal, ethical and regulatory challenges. Trust is essential. A
fundamental consideration underpinning policy development,
governance and regulation around AI is how trust is established and
maintained. Regulatory measures, transparency, and AI clarity, plus
visibility regarding ‘safe’ implementation are key to achieving trust.
Trust extends to data collection, access and usage that enables AI.
Associated with trust and safety, are the areas of ethics, productivity,
employment, health and inequality1.
14.30 – 15.45 Panel Chair: Vicki Thomson
Chief Executive Go8
Mr Edward Santow
Human Rights Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission
Dr Jed Horner
Strategic Advocacy Manager Standards Australia
Professor Jeannie Paterson
Professor of Law University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Paul Henman
Associate Professor Digital Sociology and Social Policy,
School of Social Science University of Queensland
Ms Veronica Scott
Director KPMG Law KPMG
15.45 – 16.00 Bringing it together: Opportunities for action with future
collaboration and discussions
Summit Facilitator: Professor Marc Parlange
Provost and Senior Vice-President Monash University
16.00 – 17.00 Wrap up drinks
1 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p. 18
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 7LAUNCH OF THE GO8
WELCOME AI CAPABILITY STATEMENT
08.30–08.40 08.45–08.55
WELCOME
BIOGRAPHIES
Professor Margaret Professor Dawn Freshwater
Gardner AO Go8 Chair and Vice-Chancellor
President and Vice-Chancellor The University of Western Australia
Monash University
Margaret Gardner has been Dawn Freshwater became Vice-
President and Vice-Chancellor Chancellor of The University
of Monash University since of Western Australia (UWA) in
September 2014. Prior to joining January 2017 and is leading the
Monash, she was Vice-Chancellor implementation of UWA’s 2030
and President of RMIT from April Vision and Strategic Plan. Her
2005 until August 2014. Professor contribution to the fields of Public
Gardner was Chair of Universities Health (specifically Mental Health
Australia from 2017 to 2019, and Forensic Mental Health)
and is a Go8 Director. She is and her research in Leadership
also a Director of Infrastructure practices won her the highest
Victoria, the Australia and New honour in her field. Professor
Zealand School of Government Freshwater is a Director of the
(ANZSOG) and a member of Perth US Asia Centre, Vice-Chair
the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Worldwide Universities
Inclusion and Diversity Committee. Network and member of the
Professor Gardner was made an NHMRC Women in Health Science
Officer of the Order of Australia in Committee.
recognition of service to tertiary
education.
8 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITSUMMIT FACILITATOR OPENING KEYNOTE
08.55–09.05 09.05–09.25
OPENING
KEYNOTE
AND KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
Professor Marc Parlange Dr Alan Finkel AO
Provost and Senior Vice-President Australia’s Chief Scientist
Monash University
Marc is the Provost and Senior Alan became Australia’s Chief
Vice-President of Monash Scientist in January 2016. He is
University and is Professor in the Australia’s eighth Chief Scientist.
Department of Civil Engineering. Prior to this he served as President
Prior to his position at Monash, he of the Australian Academy of
Technology and Engineering (ATSE),
served as Dean of the Faculty of
and for eight years as Chancellor of
Applied Science at the University
Monash University.
of British Columbia (Canada)
and Dean in Switzerland at the As Chief Scientist, Alan is leading
École Polytechnique Fédérale the development of the national
de Lausanne (Switzerland) in the hydrogen strategy at the request
of the Council of Australian
School of Architecture, Civil and
Governments. He also led the 2016
Environmental Engineering. He was
National Research Infrastructure
professor and department chair Roadmap, the 2017 Review into the
at Johns Hopkins University and National Electricity Market (“Finkel
Assistant and Associate Professor Review”) and the 2018 STEM
at the University of California at Industry Partnership Forum report.
Davis. He has an MS and PhD from He serves as the Deputy Chair of
Cornell University, and a BS from Innovation and Science Australia.
Griffith University. He has an extensive science
background as an entrepreneur,
engineer, neuroscientist and
educator. He was awarded his
PhD in electrical engineering from
Monash University and worked as
a postdoctoral research fellow in
neuroscience at ANU. He was 2016
Victorian of the Year, and received
the 2015 IET Mountbatten Medal
(UK) and the 2019 IEEE Joseph F.
Keithley Award in recognition of
his work in advancing the field of
scientific instrumentation.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 9KEYNOTE ADDRESS PANEL CHAIR
09.25–09.40 09.40–10.40
SESSION 1:
IMPROVING
AUSTRALIA’S AI
COMMITMENT
Professor Toby Walsh Dr Dean Moss
Scientia Professor of Chief Executive Officer Uniquest
Artificial Intelligence University of Queensland
UNSW Sydney
Toby is Scientia Professor of Dean is CEO of UniQuest, Australia’s
Artificial Intelligence at UNSW, leading university commercialisation
a researcher at Data61, and entity, managing the University of
guest professor at the Technical Queensland’s intellectual property. He
University of Berlin. He was named has more than 30 years’ experience
in science, academia, business,
by “The Australian” as a “rock star”
management and commercialisation
of Australia’s digital revolution,
in Australia, the US and the UK.
and he is a Fellow of the Australian He has been managing director
Academy of Science. He appears or senior business development
regularly on TV and radio talking executive of several health and
about AI, and has authored biotech companies worldwide,
two books on AI for a general including Agen Biomedical, Launch
audience, the most recent entitled Diagnostics, AMRAD ICT, AMRAD
“2062: The World that AI Made”. Biotech, and United Drug. Dean
established the highly successful York
Medical Technologies as a start-up in
the UK in 2004. He is a board member
of several Australian biotechnology
companies and was a member of the
investment committee of pre-seed
venture funds Uniseed, the Medical
Research Commercialisation Fund
and the New Zealand Government’s
KiwiNet. Throughout his career, Dean
has managed the raising of more than
$100M in venture capital investment.
He sits on the NHMRC Health
Innovation Advisory Committee
and is Chair of the Go8 Innovation
and Commercialisation Group. In
2018, Dean was awarded the title
of Adjunct Professor in the office of
the UQ’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Research).
10 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITPANEL PANEL PANEL
09.40–10.40 09.40–10.40 09.40–10.40
Dr Tony Lindsay (Panellist) Mr Jonathan Chang Professor Sally Cripps
Director of Science, Technology, Chief Executive Officer Director of the Centre for
Engineering Leadership and and Founder Translational Data Science
Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) Silverpond Professor of Statistics, School
Lockheed Martin of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Sydney
STELaRLab is Lockheed Martin’s Jonathan is the founder and CEO Sally is Director of the Centre
first international multidisciplinary of Silverpond, a machine learning for Translational Data Science,
Research and Development and artificial intelligence company University of Sydney and a
(R&D) Laboratory. Prior to his role based in Melbourne. His vision Professor of Statistics, School
at Lockheed, Tony was with the inspires the Silverpond team to of Mathematics and Statistics.
Defence Science and Technology create ground-breaking solutions She was awarded an Australian
Group for 28 years. His last position for clients transforming their Research Council Future Fellow
was Chief of the National Security industries; from asset management 2014-2018 and is currently
and Intelligence, Surveillance and and utilities to retail, healthcare, Director of the ARC Industrial
Reconnaissance Division. In that and research. Transformation Training Centre
role he was responsible for R&D Data Analytics for Resources and
Jonathan is passionate about
programs supporting Australian Environments (DARE). She is also
harnessing AI to positively
Defence Organisation (ADO) Chair of the International Society
transform society. He advocates for
ISR Projects including major for Bayesian Analysis’s section
responsible AI at speaking events
surveillance acquisitions and Bayesian Education and Research
and conferences, and with industry
intelligence programs. in Practice. Her research focus is
groups and government.
the development of new and novel
probabilistic models which are
motivated by the need to solve an
applied problem with potential for
impact. She has particular expertise
in the use of mixture models for
complex phenomenon, modelling
longitudinal data, nonparametric
regression, the spectral analysis of
time series and in the construction
of transitions kernels in MCMC
schemes which efficiently explore
posterior distributions of interest.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 11PANEL PANEL
09.40–10.40 09.40–10.40
CASE STUDIES
Mr Nicholas Dr Mike Molinari
Therkelsen-Terry Managing Director
Chief Executive Officer IP Group Australia
and Co-founder
Max Kelsen
Nicholas co-founded Max Kelsen in Mike is the Managing Director
2015 to provide big data and machine of IP Group Australia, a global
learning services and AI to large leader in commercialisation which
and small clients. Max Kelsen now has partnered with the Go8 and
employs over 30 machine learning Auckland university and committed
and AI experts and has delivered to invest a minimum of A$200M
AI services and solutions to some over 10 years in technologies
of Australia’s biggest brands. In
arising from these universities.
addition to working with corporate
Mike has deep experience in
and government clients, the Max
commercialisation of technology in
Kelsen team has recently attracted
millions in funding to further its both Australia and the UK, having
research into applying state-of-the- both managed university spinouts
art AI to treatment selection and and been an investor in them.
outcome prediction for lung cancer Mike holds a DPhil and MSc in
and melanoma patients. In 2017, Nick Biomedical Engineering from the
co-founded otso.ai, a platform for University of Oxford.
enterprises to analyse and process
unstructured data from any source.
It is now used by thousands across
hundreds of teams. Alongside these
two roles he heads up Queensland
AI, Australia’s biggest AI meetup
with almost 3,000 members. Nick
has a broad range of expertise
spanning business, economics, sales,
management and law. He has a deep
theoretical and applied understanding
of cutting-edge machine learning
techniques, and has been widely
recognised as a domain expert in
this field. Nick has a Bachelor of Laws
and Bachelor of Economics from the
University of Queensland.
12 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITPANEL & CASE STUDY CHAIR CASE STUDY CASE STUDY
11.00–12.00 11.00–12.00 11.00–12.00
Ms Vicki Thomson Dr Campbell Wilson Dr Janis Dalins
Chief Executive Co-director of the AiLECS (AI for AFP Co-Director AiLECS Lab
The Group of Eight Law Enforcement and Community and Data Science Lead for
Safety) Research Laboratory Digital Forensics
Monash University
Vicki is Chief Executive of the Campbell is co-director of the Janis Dalins, PhD, leads the AFP’s
Group of Eight (Go8) – Australia’s AiLECS (AI for Law Enforcement data science capability and is
eight leading research-intensive and Community Safety) research co-director of the AiLECS lab.
universities. She took up her role laboratory, a joint initiative of He has over seventeen years’ law
in January 2015. Prior to this, she Monash University and the enforcement experience across the
was Executive Director of the Australian Federal Police. His AFP, including counter terrorism,
Australian Technology Network of expertise encompasses machine uniform policing and digital
Universities (ATN). Ms Thomson’s learning, information retrieval forensics. In 2018 he received
diverse background covers print and digital forensics. His current the Commissioner’s Medal for
and electronic journalism, politics, research focuses on the application Excellence in recognition of his
issues management and the of AI in addressing serious efforts in developing and applying
higher education sector. She has societal issues such as online child machine learning methodologies
an extensive media, political and exploitation. He also explores to law enforcement.
policy background and was Chief the ethical implications of AI
of Staff to a South Australian technologies in law enforcement
Premier. She is a Board member of applications and their explainability
the European Australian Business in policing and judicial contexts.
Council and is a member of the
Australian Government’s New
Colombo Plan Reference Group.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 13CASE STUDY CASE STUDY
11.00–12.00 11.00–12.00
CASE STUDY
continued
BIOGRAPHIES
Ms Annelize Venter Dr Menkes van den Briel
Chief Data and Analytics Officer Data Scientist and Co-founder
Australian Federal Police Hivery
Annelize is a versatile IT senior Menkes is a co-founder at HIVERY,
manager with highly developed a startup that develops simple web
leadership skills and 20 plus years’ applications around complex
experience across a diverse range business challenges for retail
of industries, including insurance, businesses. HIVERY uses AI
financial services, engineering, techniques to generate measurable
mining, manufacturing and and repeatable impact. Menkes
pharmaceuticals. Most recently has a PhD in Industrial Engineering
she held leadership roles at from Arizona State University. His
Anglo American and Suncorp PhD research was in
Group, leading distributed agile the area of AI planning and his
teams and managing large scale prior work in Operations Research
projects and implementations of was cited on the front page of
operational analytics. Currently she The Wall Street Journal and in
leads teams across three divisions numerous other media.
in the Technology and Innovation
Portfolio of the AFP. This includes
the Data Analytics and Data
Science teams.
14 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITCASE STUDY KEYNOTE ADDRESS
11.00–12.00 12.00–12.15
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS:
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE –
THE EUROPEAN
AND FRENCH
CONTEXT
Mr Franki Chamaki Professor Jean Chambaz
Co-founder and President
Chief Operations Officer Sorbonne University
Hivery
Franki Is a founding member of Jean is a professor of Cellular
Coca-Cola’s first accelerator; a Biology and former Director of the
network of entrepreneurs with the Cordeliers Research Center. His
aim of building the next generation institutional leadership positions
of billion-dollar businesses with include President of Pierre & Marie
the support of Coca-Cola. Franki Curie University and following the
later set up Red Garage Ventures, merger with Paris-Sorbonne, he
a venture studio which builds was elected President of Sorbonne
startups by connecting them to University in 2017. His activities in
Coca-Cola’s global assets. He is University Associations include:
currently the Co-founder and Chief Chair of the League of European
Operations Officer of HIVERY. A Research Universities (LERU)
Data61/CSIRO backed AI company in 2018; board member of the
helping retailers and FMCGs European University Association
leverage AI in ways never before. (EUA) from 2015 to 2018; and
Franki specialises in the areas of President of the Coordination
Marketing, Design Thinking and of French Research-Intensive
Lean Startup; and goes by the Universities (CURIF) from 2014 to
belief that anyone who tries to 2018.
improve a situation is a designer.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 15KEYNOTE & PANEL CHAIR PANEL
12.15–13.15 12.15–13.15
SESSION 2:
IMPROVING AI
DEPLOYMENT
INTO THE
ECONOMY
AND SOCIETY
BIOGRAPHIES
Dr Alastair Hick Professor Sarah Pink
Senior Director Professor and Director of
Monash Innovation the Emerging Technologies
Monash University Research Lab
Monash University
Alastair is the Senior Director Monash Sarah is an internationally leading
Innovation at Monash University. Design Anthropologist, and is
Since 2006 he has been responsible Professor and Director of the
for developing a successful licensing Emerging Technologies Research
and spin out program at Monash, Lab at Monash University. Her
with multiple different interventions research brings new knowledge
including proof of concept funds about human futures to the design
and strategic partnerships with of emerging technologies, in
multiple investors. He was the Chair international, interdisciplinary
of Knowledge Commercialisation and industry engaged projects,
Australasia from 2015–2018. He and through the design and
has developed and run multiple tailoring of innovative new research
training programs for technology approaches and techniques.
transfer professionals. Following 10 Sarah has numerous scholarly
years as a research scientist he has publications and frequently gives
been involved in commercialisation keynote and public lectures to
of technologies from universities academic, industry and other
and research institutes since 1999, stakeholder audiences around the
including four years at Cambridge world.
Enterprise at the University of
Cambridge. Alastair has a BSc (Hons)
in Chemistry with Biochemistry, a PhD
in Chemical Ecology, an MBA from
the Judge Business School. He is a
Director of Monash spinout Amaero
Engineering and was a founding
Director of the $30M Trans-Tasman
Commercialisation Fund. He has
recently been appointed Chair of the
Research Committee for the $100M
Monash Technology Transformation
Institute in Shenzhen, China.
16 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITPANEL PANEL PANEL
12.15–13.15 12.15–13.15 12.15–13.15
Ms Narelle Luchetti Professor Anton Dr Stefan Hajkowicz
Acting Head, Digital Economy van den Hengel Senior Principal Scientist
and Technology Division Founding Director, Australian Strategy and Foresight
Department of Industry, Institute for Machine Learning Director, Data61 Insight Team
Innovation and Science Chief Investigator, Australian Centre
CSIRO
for Robotic Vision and Professor of
Computer ScienceAustralian Institute
Narelle is acting head of the Digital for Machine Learning (AIML) Stefan is a senior principal scientist
University of Adelaide
Economy and Technology Division. in strategic foresight at CSIRO.
She leads teams responsible for He leads the Data61 Insight
Anton is the founding Director of
the digital economy, regulation Team, a group of researchers and
The Australian Institute for Machine
of emerging technologies, digital consultants helping organisations
Learning, Australia’s largest
adoption and international digital navigate digital disruption. Stefan’s
machine learning research group.
policy. The division supports research and consulting work helps
He is also a Chief Investigator of companies, governments and
the growth and productivity of the Australian Centre of Excellence
globally competitive businesses communities explore plausible
in Robotic Vision, and a Professor futures and make wise strategic
by developing and promoting of Computer Science at the choices. He is a world leading
cohesive national digital economy University of Adelaide. He has scholar in decision theory and has
policies and programs. Over been a CI on over $60m in research published seminal works on the use
the last 10 years Narelle has funding from sources including multi-objective decision support. His
worked in digital policy and IT Google, Facebook, Canon, BHP research has contrasted structured
implementation across various Billiton and the ARC. He has versus intuitive approaches to
agencies, including the Digital authored over 300 publications, decision making. His decision
Transformation Agency, Treasury and has recently had a medical models have guided investments
and in the private sector. technology achieve first-in-class worth hundreds of millions of dollars
FDA approval. Current research and have been used by Australia’s
interests include deep learning, State and Federal Governments to
vison and language problems, make critical policy choices. Stefan
interactive image-based modelling, is widely published in international
large-scale video surveillance, research literature and his most
and medical machine learning. recent book is “Global Megatrends”.
He has a doctorate in geography
He and his team have developed
from the University of Queensland
world leading methods in a range
and postgraduate qualifications in
of areas within Computer Vision
economics from the University of
and Machine learning, including
New England. He is a current and
methods. which have been placed
recent member of the OECD and
first on a variety of international World Economic Forum global
leaderboards. strategic foresight communities.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 17PANEL PANEL
12.15–13.15 12.15–13.15
UNSW SOCCER
ROBOTS ON
SHOW
Dr Jürg von Känel Professor Nicole Gillespie
Associate Director KPMG Chair in Organisational Trust
IBM Research Australia Professor of Management
University of Queensland
Business School
Jürg is the associate director of the Nicole is the KPMG Chair in
“IBM Research Australia” lab in Organisational Trust and Professor
Melbourne. He studied math and of Management at the University
computer science at ETH Zürich of Queensland Business School,
and holds a Ph.D. in Computer and an International Research
Science (1991). He joined IBM in Fellow at the Centre for Corporate
1985 in Zürich Switzerland. In 1991 Reputation, Oxford University.
he moved to the IBM TJ Watson Her research focuses on the
Research center in the US. In June development and repair of trust,
2011 , he came to Melbourne particularly in challenging contexts
to lead the establishment and such as after during technological
operation of the IBM Research lab disruption and organisational
in Australia. change and after trust failures.
Nicole’s research and consulting
spans the Health, Banking and
Finance, Resources, Higher
Education, R&D, Defence and
Non-Profit industries.
18 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITROBOT PRESENTATION KEYNOTE ADDRESS
13.15–14.00 14.00–14.30
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS:
AUSTRALIA
AI ETHICS
FRAMEWORK
Professor Claude Sammut Dr Stefan Hajkowicz
Professor of Computer Senior Principal Scientist
Science and Engineering Strategy and Foresight
Head of the Artificial Intelligence Director, Data61 Insight Team
Research Group UNSW CSIRO
Claude is a Professor of Computer Stefan is a senior principal scientist
Science and Engineering at in strategic foresight at CSIRO.
the UNSW, and head of the AI He leads the Data61 Insight
Research Group. He is on the Team, a group of researchers and
board of trustees of the RoboCup consultants helping organisations
Federation and was general chair navigate digital disruption. Stefan’s
of RoboCup 2019, in Sydney. His research and consulting work helps
main research area is machine companies, governments and
learning for robotics. He is also co- communities explore plausible
editor of Springer’s Encyclopedia futures and make wise strategic
choices. He is a world leading
of Machine Learning and Data
scholar in decision theory and has
Mining.
published seminal works on the use
multi-objective decision support. His
research has contrasted structured
versus intuitive approaches to
decision making. His decision
models have guided investments
worth hundreds of millions of dollars
and have been used by Australia’s
State and Federal Governments to
make critical policy choices. Stefan
is widely published in international
research literature and his most
recent book is “Global Megatrends”.
He has a doctorate in geography
from the University of Queensland
and postgraduate qualifications in
economics from the University of
New England. He is a current and
recent member of the OECD and
World Economic Forum global
strategic foresight communities.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 19PANEL PANEL
14.30–15.45 14.30–15.45
SESSION 3:
AUSTRALIA’S
AI POLICY,
GOVERNANCE
AND REGULATION
BIOGRAPHIES
Mr Ed Santow Dr Jed Horner
Human Rights Commissioner Strategic Advocacy Manager
Australian Human Rights Standards Australia
Commission
Ed has been Human Rights Jed is the Strategic Advocacy
Commissioner at the Australian Manager for Standards Australia.
Human Rights Commission He works to enhance Australia’s
since August 2016. Ed leads the international participation in digital
Commission’s work on detention standards and drives engagement
and implementing the Optional with domestic industry. He has
Protocol to the Convention been engaged in large scale
Against Torture (OPCAT); refugees strategy development for the NSW
and migration; human rights Government, including on digital
issues affecting LGBTI people; transformation and innovation.
counter-terrorism and national Prior to working in Government,
security; technology and human Jed was instrumental in major
rights; freedom of expression; commonwealth anti-discrimination
and freedom of religion. He is a law reform and was a project
Senior Visiting Fellow at UNSW. director for the Australian Human
In 2009 Ed received an Australian Rights Centre at UNSW, Sydney.
Leadership Award, and in 2017 he He continues to serve in a number
was recognised as a Young Global of advisory capacities in relation to
Leader by the World Economic social impact, including as a Board
Forum. From 2010-2016, Ed was Member in the NGO sector.
CE of the Public Interest Advocacy
Centre, a leading non-profit
organisation that promotes human
rights through strategic litigation,
policy development and education.
He was previously a Senior Lecturer
at UNSW Law School, a research
director at the Gilbert + Tobin
Centre of Public Law and a solicitor
in private practice.
20 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITPANEL PANEL PANEL
14.30–15.45 14.30–15.45 14.30–15.45
Professor Jeannie Paterson Associate Professor Ms Veronica Scott
Professor of Law Paul Henman Director of KPMG Law
University of Melbourne Digital Sociology and Social Policy Data, Privacy and Digital
School of Social Science KPMG
University of Queensland
Jeannie is a Professor of Law Paul is Associate Professor Digital Veronica has recently joined KPMG
at the University of Melbourne Sociology and Social Policy at Law’s Data, Privacy and Digital team.
specialising in contract, consumer the University of Queensland. She was previously special counsel in
protection and consumer credit Holding degrees in computer a major law firm’s insurance, media
& corporate risk team and lead of its
law, as well as new technologies in science and social science, Paul
national privacy team. She advises
these fields. Jeannie’s research and has examined the role of digital clients on complex and sensitive legal
teaching covers three inter-related technologies in public policy and issues, risks and disputes relating to
themes: equitable support for public administration for over 20 data, digital content and media &
consumers experiencing hardship, years. His publications include communications laws, with a focus
marginalisation or vulnerability; Governing Electronically (2010– on data protection (including GDPR),
the ethics of AI and automation in 2019, Palgrave) and Performing privacy and confidentiality, health
records, freedom of information and
influencing consumer choice, and the State (Routledge 2018). His
freedom of speech laws, defamation,
legislative design in regulating research funding includes ARC social media risks and cyber security.
consumer and credit markets and CoE for Automated Decision Her work includes advising the
new technologies in those markets. Making & Society (2020–27) and education sector on strategic and
ARC Discovery Project Government sensitive projects including clinical trial
Web Portals as new Government and research, data breach and crisis
Actors (2017–2020). management and cross border data
flows. Her recent work includes leading
the execution of a large and complex
Privacy Impact Assessment on the
Victorian Parkville Precinct Electronic
Medical Record, advising on HREC
applications, advising on the response
to major cyber security breaches, the
monitoring of drones in airport space,
data governance for mega-digital
studies, international student exchange
agreements, establishing alumni
programs and the representing media
publishers in relation to contempt
charges. Veronica was on the Advisory
Committee to the Australian Law
Reform Council’s inquiry into ‘Serious
invasions of privacy in the digital age’.
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 21SUMMIT PAPER
CONTEXT AND RATIONALE
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a topic of immense interest. It has
been described as the biggest commercial opportunity today,
with global GDP predicted to be 14 per cent higher in 2030 due
to accelerating AI development and take-up, equating to an
additional US$15.7 trillion1.
It has also been estimated that digital Twenty-nine Australian universities achieved a
innovation, including AI and related rating of world standard or more for Artificial
technologies, presents a $315 billion Intelligence and Image Processing in the
economic opportunity for Australia over latest Australian Government review of
the next decade; if Australia can close the university research performance4. Seven of
current gap, so it can be at AI par with the those achieved the highest rating of ‘well
average of advanced economies, in 20282. above world standard’ – six of which were
Go8 universities, with the University of
It is therefore an obvious economic ‘game-
Queensland and the University of Western
changer’. It is also regarded as a tool for
Australia achieving the next highest rating
political and/or military supremacy, and it is
of ‘above world standard’.
the subject of ethical consideration3. In Go8
universities it is of significant strategic focus. The Go8 commitment and contribution
to, and interest in, AI does extend beyond
The Group of Eight (Go8) does recognise
R&D; to economics, societal impacts, and
that Australia as a nation has a way to go
how universities can assist shape Australia’s
in AI global status – and in Government
responsible, and effective response.
funding – when compared with competitor
nations. But Australian universities have Meanwhile, the global AI focus has delivered
focussed assiduously regardless; contributing a global index of Governments’ AI readiness5
for many years with determination, and and a 100-year AI study6. This year the
with international success, especially in OECD7 and the G20 have developed and
niche areas. endorsed AI principles8 and an independent
1 PwC 2017, Sizing the Prize: What’s the real value of AI for your business and how can you capitalise?
(https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/analytics/assets/pwc-ai-analysis-sizing-the-prize-report.pdf)
2 AlphaBeta Advisors 2018, Digital Innovation: Australia’s $315 billion opportunity, commissioned by CSIRO Data61
3 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence, p.22
4 Australian Research Council 2019, State of Australian University Research 2018
5 Created 2017 by Oxford Insights, the Government AI readiness index asks how well placed are national
governments to take advantage of the benefits of AI in their operations and delivery of public services
6 Stanford University launched the One hundred year study on AI in 2014 to ‘study and anticipate how the
effects of artificial intelligence will ripple through every aspect of how people work, live and play’
7 OECD 2019, OECD Council Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence
8 On 9 June 2019, the G20 adopted human-centred AI principles that draw from the OECD principles
22 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITOBJECTIVES
high-level AI group was set up by the This Summit provides industry,
European Commission to make policy
and investment recommendations for government, investors,
trustworthy AI9. researchers and innovators
In Australia, an AI report, part of ACOLA’s with a forum to discuss and
Horizon Scanning series, The Effective and consider key AI challenges
Ethical Development of Artificial Intelligence:
An opportunity to Improve our Wellbeing, this
and opportunities.
year provided a comprehensive Australian-
contextualised view. The Go8’s pre-eminence in AI deliberations,
research and innovation, and what that can
The Government is establishing an AI ethics
deliver for industry and government partners,
framework, while Standards Australia is
will be examined through three specific areas
expected to recommend to Government
outlined below.
standards required to support AI.
The Summit also provides the opportunity
Regardless of the nature of AI and its various
for existing and future partners to gain a
technological forms10, preparedness depends
consolidated appreciation of where there is
in part on the knowledge generation, and
future joint activity, because AI is not an area
the adaptation and translation that resides in
for delay or for wasting existing commitment.
universities and other research organisations.
It is an area where standing still means being
A core question for Australia is whether left behind.
it should lead – at least in niche areas,
or whether it can afford to lag in AI. A
core question for the Go8 is what can
it better provide, via collaboration and
commercialisation, to assist build and secure
the nation’s AI advantage.
That is the focus of the Go8 AI Collaboration
and Commercialisation Summit.
9 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/high-level-expert-group-artificial-intelligence
10 The 2019 ACOLA report for example notes there is lack of consensus on a universal definition however defines
it as a collection of interrelated technologies used to solve problems and perform tasks that, when humans
do them, requires thinking. It expands further to note four types of AI: Narrow AI; Emerging and Disruptive AI;
Generalised AI and Superhuman AI
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 23SUMMIT PAPER
PRIORITY AREAS FOR DISCUSSION
Summit discussion will focus on what is needed immediately, and
in the short-term, from Go8 universities, building on their capacity
and knowledge.
TOPIC 1 IMPROVING AUSTRALIA’S AI COMMITMENT /
LIFTING AUSTRALIA’S GAME IN AI
There are extensive opportunities for Australia Many countries, though not yet Australia, have
from existing AI strengths and related fields announced major investments in AI research.
in the Go8 and other organisations. As global Currently Australia is estimated to spend
advances accelerate, if Australia is to have around 0.001 per cent of its GDP on AI11.
a competitive edge in trade R&D and most
“probably the one big country that is not
sectors, it must commit and keep pace, and
investing lots of money in AI is actually
preferably remain ahead in niche areas.
Australia”
Considerations range from investment Professor Hugh-Durrant Whyte, Chief Scientist and
needed, to greater AI industry adoption, Engineer, NSW Government12
and building necessary workforce skills.
“China has committed to becoming a
Go8 R&D already makes a wide contribution world-leader in AI by 2030, expecting $210
to AI. This ranges, as examples, from machine billion domestic industry. In 2016 alone,
learning and robotics, data science and North America attracted $15-23 billion in
autonomous systems, computer vision and private sector AI investments. The European
natural language processing, to augmented Union has set a 2020 target for a $20 billion
reality and pattern recognition. investment program in AI. In addition,
countries like France and Germany have
It occurs across many different spheres
separately announced significant national
of activity – such as agriculture, banking,
investments in AI. The UK has launched a
cybersecurity and cybercrime, energy, home
$1.8 billion program which adds to significant
and health care, military, mining, quantum,
private sector investment. In Asia, economies
space, suicide prevention and underwater
such as Japan, Korea and Singapore are also
environments.
making large investments into AI technology.”
Work includes industry partnerships and AlphaBeta Advisors13
examining the implementation aspects of AI,
be they economic, social, ethical, or cultural, In addition to ranking 11th on the Government
as well as collaborating on regulation, public AI Readiness Index (Oxford Insights), Australia
policy and governance. ranks 10th on the Automation Readiness Index
which measures the extent to which the policy
How opportunities are taken up depends on environment in 25 countries meets an ideal
what the supportive environment is. policy response to intelligent automation14.
11 https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/system/files/media/documents/2019-05/AIML%20final%20release.pdf
12 Durrant-Whyte, H. 2019. Can AI make the world a better place? Speech to Ashurst series of AI Forums,
30 July 2019 (https://www.ashurst.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/the-state-of-ai-in-australia/
can-ai-make-the-world-a-better-place-transcript/)
13 AlphaBeta Advisors 2018, Digital Innovation: Australia’s $315 billion opportunity, commissioned by
CSIRO Data61
14 https://www.automationreadiness.eiu.com/
24 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITFor Australia to thrive, the ACOLA report The Australian Government has also
calls for the establishment of a robust, introduced a consumer data right, to apply
harmonised regulatory environment that firstly to the banking sector, followed by
is designed to support local innovation, the energy sector and potentially the
help start-up companies to commercialise telecommunications sector. This would give
AI technologies and to foster economic Australians greatly improved access to their
development. own data, with accredited trusted service
providers to be allowed access20.
Healthcare, agriculture, mining and advanced
manufacturing are areas the report proposes Meanwhile, the Australian Information Industry
could present key opportunities15. It is also Association (AIIA), the peak member body
suggested that human services, financial for the information and communications
services, transport and logistics are other technology (ICT) industry, has called for skills
existing sectors that may be transformed development and an effective R&D Tax Incentive
by AI16. to encourage a more favourable business
environment for innovation, commercialisation
A September 2019 report commissioned by
and export of Australian AI products21.
the Federal Minister for Industry, Innovation
and Science assesses that new technologies In its 2018–19 Budget, the Australian
such as data analytics, automation and Government committed $25 million in
robotics in the mining, oil and gas industries additional funding for the Cooperative
could add over $70 billion to the economy Research Centres (CRC) program to support
in 2030 and create thousands of new jobs additional CRC projects with a focus on AI.
domestically17.
The intent of the CRC investment is to
Access to data, and the effective digital strengthen the link between research
infrastructure to make this possible, as well organisations engaged in AI and machine
as appropriate data collection policies and learning, and industry seeking solutions or
procedures are considered necessary18. exploring opportunities22. It formed part of a
The National Data Commission was in broader Government $29.9 million measure,
September 2019 consulting on Data Sharing which included AI and machine learning (ML)
and Release legislative reforms to improve funding-focused PhD scholarships, and school
data sharing and use across the public sector related learning to address skill gaps23.
and to enable government agencies to
However, such investment may need to be
safely share public sector data with trusted
significantly boosted if Australia is to “close
users, including academics, scientists and
the gap” with comparable economies, let
innovators19.
alone achieve AI leadership.
15 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p.13
16 Standards Australia 2019, Developing standards for AI – Hearing Australia’s Voice
17 AlphaBeta Advisors 2019, Staying Ahead of the Game, and The Hon Karen Andrews MP 2019,
‘New Technologies to accelerate resources industry’, 16 September (media release)
18 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p.13
19 https://www.datacommissioner.gov.au/resources/discussion-paper
20 https://treasury.gov.au/consumer-data-right
21 https://www.aiia.com.au/documents/aiia-news/2019/digital-skills-shortages-and-r-and-d-tax-incentives-remain-
obstacles-to-artificial-intelligence-ai-development-in-australia,-says-aiia
22 Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Factsheet: Additional Funding for CRC projects in
Artificial Intelligence
23 The Treasury 2018, Budget Measures 2018–19 – Part 2: Expense measures
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 25SUMMIT PAPER
PRIORITY AREAS FOR DISCUSSION
QUESTIONS
Threshold AI Question: Is there a frank discussion to be had on the consequences
of AI inaction for Australia? If we support action (as the Go8 does), how do we
differentiate (if at all) from competitor nations, to deliver Australia a competitive
advantage? Or, doesn’t Australia need to be at the forefront of AI, and if not why
not? Even if we don’t lead, can we adopt AI effectively unless we participate to
some extent in its development?
How could Australia make an AI difference, and how could the Go8 contribute?
How could conditions that help to translate and commercialise AI be improved?
What foundational science, alongside significant technology, is required to support
and ensure Australian AI performance?
What talent is required? How can the Go8 assist address this and recruitment
challenges?
TOPIC 2 IMPROVING AI DEPLOYMENT
INTO THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
How people respond to AI, either by of AI in financial markets. The potential for
embracing, being concerned, or rejecting robots and AI to replace jobs was also viewed
it, depends on the degree to which AI is negatively by the majority of respondents.’
discussed in Australia. The Go8 has a role, ACOLA 2019 report, p.190
with key AI industry innovators, in assisting
and informing ways to navigate this societal ‘while the impact of AI is often described
and industry change. as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘impending’, there is
no guarantee that AI technologies such as
“AI systems should be designed in a way autonomous vehicles will have their intended
that respects the rule of law, human rights, effects, or even that their uptake in society
democratic values and diversity, and they will be inevitable or seamless.’
should include appropriate safeguards to
ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development
ensure a fair and just society.“ of artificial intelligence, p.22
OECD Principle on AI, No. 224
“AI is a very important thing and it’s seriously
‘attitudes towards AI are mostly positive impacting everything at the moment (…) it is
or neutral. However, there were concerns nevertheless on a cycle.”
about the risks of driverless vehicles, the use Professor Hugh-Durrant Whyte, Chief Scientist and
of robots in the armed forces and the use Engineer, NSW Government25
24 https://www.oecd.org/science/forty-two-countries-adopt-new-oecd-principles-on-artificial-intelligence.htm
25 Durrant-Whyte, H. 2019. Can AI make the world a better place? Speech to Ashurst series of AI Forums,
30 July 2019 (https://www.ashurst.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/the-state-of-ai-in-australia/
can-ai-make-the-world-a-better-place-transcript/)
26 GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMITExpertise that can help governments, potential AI risks, they are the least prepared
organisations and people understand to deal with them, with the top two concerns
how to navigate AI appears essential. (reflecting global views) being AI cybersecurity
vulnerabilities and incorrect AI-based decision
For example, Monash University has
making31,32.
examined how the hype of self-driving
vehicles can be separated from the reality In January 2019, an open letter from key
of how they can become part of society26. business leaders raised the need for a
governing body to set standards and
The National Facility for Human-Robot
guidelines for the ethical use of AI33. And
Interaction Research examines how
ACOLA recommended an independently led
people interact with technological devices
AI body with membership from government,
including robots. This builds on previous
academia and the private sector to provide
work by UNSW’s Creative Robotics Lab to
leadership and skills in a holistic manner34.
test robots including in the workplace27 in
collaboration with Fuji Xerox Technology Sectoral analyses also contribute to an
Group28. understanding of any potential AI impact
for industry35. How Australian industry will
In 2018, the University of Adelaide’s
navigate its uptake of AI depends on how
Institute of Machine Learning submitted
well informed and resourced it is, including
a discussion paper on the Impact of AI
by accessing academic expertise or research-
to the Senate Select Committee on the
based AI approaches.
Future of Work and Workers29.
“Unless you think it through, artificial
A University of Queensland researcher
intelligence will have very serious
received Facebook funding to examine
consequences. [There will be] wholesale loss
how human involvement to support AI can
of jobs UNLESS you retrain your workforce,
help adjust AI use, and identify fake news30.
and challenge them to train up, give them
External to the Go8 a recent report by Deloitte the time and give them the ability and the
Australia, indicates that while Australian remuneration while they train so they can
businesses are the most concerned of seven get into higher skills and better paid, more
surveyed countries (Australia, Canada, China, interesting jobs.”
Germany, France, the UK and the US) about Andrew Forrest, Chairman Fortescue Metals36
26 https://lens.monash.edu/@design-architecture/2019/07/05/1375635/emerging-technology-and-artificial-
intelligence-separating-the-hype-from-reality
27 PwC 2017, Sizing the Prize: What’s the real value of AI for your business and how can you capitalise?
28 Go8 AI Capability Statement and https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/being-human
29 https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=2f5995c3-6fc3-4d45-9d52-df58c7cce7c8&subId=611580
30 https://theconversation.com/users-and-their-bias-are-key-to-fighting-fake-news-on-facebook-ai-isnt-smart-
enough-yet-123767
31 Deloitte Insights 2019, Future in the Balance: How Countries are pursuing an AI advantage.
32 https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/media-releases/articles/australia-unprepared-for-ai-risks-070519.html
33 Nott, G. (2019) ‘AI ethics debate urgent say Aussie business chiefs and academics’, Computerworld,
25 January, retrieved from https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/656724/ai-ethics-debate-urgent-say-
aussie-business-chiefs-academics/
34 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p. 13
35 PwC 2017, Sizing the Prize: What’s the real value of AI for your business and how can you capitalise?
36 Kerr, P (2019) ‘Forrest sees long life at FMG’s Eliwana’, The Australian Financial Review, 25 July 2019
GO8 AI COLLABORATION AND COMMERCIALISATION SUMMIT 27SUMMIT PAPER
PRIORITY AREAS FOR DISCUSSION
“these frontier technologies are all about Appropriate skills are also a prime
augmenting human intelligence, not taking consideration, with 72 per cent of Australian
jobs.” businesses surveyed indicating there were
Shaun Gregory, Senior Vice-president and moderate to extreme AI skills gaps in
Chief Technology Officer, Woodside Energy37 Australia.
Achieving trust has been shown to be The ACOLA report notes demand for AI Skills
important. For example, workers’ trust in and expertise has resulted in an international
AI technologies depends on algorithm race to attract AI talent. Australia is potentially
transparency, having positive AI experiences, able to take advantage of this if it positions
and technology responsiveness to people, as itself as a world leader, plus on where it can
well as the control level workers can have38. excel, and through strategic investment40.
The European Commission recently The Go8, as a core contributor of AI research
recommended that, to understand AI’s and skills, can potentially play a large role
societal impact, research on potential in achieving this goal. Beyond research,
impact should be encouraged, R&D of tools cognitive, and technical skills, the ACOLA
should be supported to enable independent report also emphasises the necessity for
testing of AI systems, and to inform people human skills such as emotional literacy,
of the most trustworthy AI solutions, and communication, creativity and negotiation skills
that monitoring mechanisms are needed to assist in adapting to AI, as well as context-
to continually analyse, measure and score based skills such as ability to detect poor or
impact39. malicious AI or health specific skills in AI41.
QUESTIONS
Should the Go8’s approach to AI be different to any other ethically and value-affected
endeavour of this scale such as space or genomics advancement?
How should the Go8 plan to help Australian society and industry adjust to AI?
What major gaps need to be addressed to achieve optimal industry adoption of AI?
How can societal and industry AI trust be effectively achieved and maintained,
and how can the Go8 support this?
How should people be educated about AI, and what how can the Go8 assist to
ensure appropriate AI-oriented skills in adopters?
37 Gregory, S. (2017) ‘Woodside says robots and AI will make, not take, jobs’, The Australian Financial Review,
14 August
38 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p.77
39 High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG) 2019, Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI
40 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence p. 5
41 ACOLA 2019, The effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence Chapter 3
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