How Can Democracy Survive AI?

Join the team from the Burning Platforms podcast and esteemed guests for a lively discussion exploring the critical impact of Artificial Intelligence on democracy; the promises and pitfalls of AI; and what’s at stake for all Australians.

Panel 

• Hon Steven Miles: Leader of the Opposition, Queensland Parliament

• Michelle Rae: Assistant General Secretary, Queensland Unions

• Prof Nic Suzor: Chief Investigator, QUT Digital Media Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society

• Lizzie O’Shea: Human Rights Lawyer & Chairperson, Digital Rights Watch

• Peter Lewis: Executive Director, Essential Media & Fellow, Per Capita

Timing

6.00pm – 7.00pm: Panel discussion

7.00pm – 8.00pm: Networking with drinks

AI is transforming our world at rapid speed, raising urgent questions about who benefits, who loses, and how we keep control of the future.

While the boosters of AI are rushing to transform the world, citizens are being left in the slipstream, with little chance to influence how this new technology takes shape.

AI systems are built by harvesting the ideas and creations of others, often without consent, and are already eroding jobs and reshaping culture on the promise of future productivity.

As the Luddites taught us, the way we adopt technology will be critical to whether it improves people’s lives or cuts a swathe through jobs for the benefit of the few.

Many Australians perceive more risk than upside in this new technology, so why is it being pushed so hard, with so few guardrails or controls in place?

Location

The Atrium, P Block Level 6

QUT Gardens Point campus (map)