Every day we butt heads with technology in a myriad of ways, some tiny, some huge. All of them take their toll. Technology should be a wondrous boon! From speech recognition to customised interfaces, it could make life so much easier. The tech industry chooses not to make that kind of tech, or even allow it.
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Building our critical thinking muscles
The flood of misinformation online is not going away any time soon. We could slow its spread by regulating all technology platforms to kill engagement based algorithms, but our government seems to have little appetite for going head to head with the tech industry, and it's only a part of the story anyway. Regulation is… Continue reading Building our critical thinking muscles
ADSEI Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
This is the ADSEI submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres. The Australian Data Science Education Institute has significant concerns about the unconstrained proliferation of data centres in Australia, as well as the unregulated and unethical implementation of Large Language Model Chatbots (LLMs) by commercial organisations. Our primary concerns centre… Continue reading ADSEI Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
Getting past the fear factor
I was out at a tech meetup last week when I mentioned I was going to a conference on stats education this week. “Sounds riveting” said someone, with the deepest sarcasm. The thing is, stats are riveting. Stats are powerful. If we’re not showing kids the magic of it all, how can we expect them to love it like we do?
Regulate Tech Companies, not Users
Social media companies absolve themselves of responsibility for everything. What if we didn't let them?