Artificial Intelligence

Data economy means more change to Australia than the internet

In his latest op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, CSIRO’s Data61 CEO Adrian Turner looks at the 15-year rise of platform companies going unchecked, and why it’s time for Australia to take the lead in setting an ethical framework for data collection. Data economy means more change to Australia than the internet It seems we’re...

Bees with backpacks fly into schools

From apples and almonds, to coffee and cocoa, one third of the food we consume each day relies on bees and their pollination services. Bees are the world’s most prolific pollinators of food crops, and the estimated value of pollination services from managed honey bees in Australia ranges up to $6 billion a year. These busy...

Australia’s love of city-dwelling could become an export strength

Below is CSIRO’s Data61 CEO Adrian Turner’s latest op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, which looks at how Australia’s love of cities might translate into new digital exports. Australia’s love of city-dwelling could become an export strength Israeli philosopher and author of Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari, posited that humans succeeded as a species because of...

Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The question of whether technology is good or bad depends on how it’s developed and used. Nowhere is that more topical than in technolgies using artificial intelligence. When developed and used appropriately, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the way we live, work, communicate...

Making the virtual real: hypersonic flight and self-healing cars

Below is an extract of Data61 CEO Adrian Turner’s latest op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, examining the potential for advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence in an Australian context. Read the full piece here. Making the virtual real: hypersonic flight and self-healing cars Hypersonic flight is here. It’s defined as flight at Mach...

How data science can help you beat traffic congestion

Transport is a trending topic, with Lyft and Uber looking to file for 'initial public offerings' (IPOs) shortly and companies putting out new products every other day to address various problems in transport – and it is about to get even hotter

D61+Live 2018 – Building robust AI

While artificial intelligence can undertake some tasks more efficiently than humans, there are other tasks it cannot adequately replicate. What happens if an autonomous vehicle interprets a tampered stop sign as a speed limit?

A powerful genie – The Gradient Institute on ethical AI

"We’ve so far built a genie that is powerful but naively obedient. As we grant it more power, it is critical that we also make it wiser"

Adrian Turner’s latest op-ed – Autonomous vehicles as the pinnacle of the fourth industrial revolution

"The software and platform wars for cars have not been won"

A roadmap for artificial intelligence – have your say at D61+ Live

The ‘Artificial Intelligence Roadmap and Ethics Framework’ is a project being led by Data61’s Strategic Insight team, in partnership with the Department for Innovation, Industry and Science, and the Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur. At D61+ Live, we’ll be holding a booth at which you can talk to our experts about your thoughts on...