Gen AI in policy and practice, webinar series B - part 1 "Human (de)Centred AI

Human (de)Centred AI

Associate Professor Janine Arantes

We are having endless conversations about what AI can and can’t do. But far fewer about what it is doing to us. In this 45-minute presentation and Q&A, you are invited to examine the human dimensions of AI in education and consider questions such as: Have we had conversations about how AI impacts educator wellbeing yet? What about how false AI accusations impact student experience? Then there is AI-enabled deepfake abuse and gendered harms, surveillance technologies and agents, human agency alongside automation, and the uneven distribution of AI’s benefits and harms. There is much more to education than what we are focused on at the moment. This talk takes you far beyond dominant narratives about assessment, integrity, prompt engineering, and the latest technological breakthroughs. This talk is adapted from one of four invited keynote presentations delivered in 2026. It responds to the growing appetite for conversations that challenge the assumption that technological capability is the same thing as educational progress. If you are free, please grab a cuppa and join the conversation. We hope, at least once during the talk, you catch yourself thinking: “I hadn’t thought about it that way before”, because some of the most important implications of AI in education are not hidden; they are simply not being acknowledged.

About the Speaker: 

Associate Professor Janine Arantes is an award-winning educator, researcher and founder of the AI Governance for Education Network, a global initiative advancing responsible and accountable approaches to AI in education. Her work explores how emerging technologies affect human rights, psychosocial safety, equity and agency, challenging institutions to look beyond technological capability and consider the broader consequences of AI for people, communities and educational futures. Recognised as one of the Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics (2025), she contributes to national and international conversations on the governance and societal impacts of AI in Education, for Education.