It was a pleasure to deliver a talk last week at The Future Generation Enterprise Architecture (FGEA) Symposium hosted by ACS (Australian Computer Society) and organised by Asif Gill. I focused on data trust at scale, challenging some conventional views on data quality in distributed, at-scale, AI-amenable environments. Some lessons come from CSIRO’s Data61 technology…
I thoroughly enjoyed the fireside chat with Stela SOLAR at the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) Annual Conference – Accreditation Matters. https://nata.com.au/events/accreditation-matters-2024/ We delved into Measuring Safe and Responsible AI โ The Practice and the Frontier. We discussed what safe and responsible AI truly means and how we can assess its achievement. The…
Just finished my India trip. This was my last stop on my journey to build a global research network for responsible and safe AI, having already connected with partners in America, Europe, the UK, Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia. On the government side, I met with the Principal Scientific Advisorโs Office and the Department of Science…
It’s a pity I missed attending the “Practical Approaches to Responsible AI Workshop” organized by the defence sector in person. CSIRO’s Data61‘s approach to responsible AI emphasizes practical, concrete, and measurable practices and outcomes. In software/system/AI engineering, the goal is always to create a trustworthy whole from less trustworthy parts, rather than focusing solely on…
The three-week international trip focusing on AI engineering, responsible and safe AI, and Australia’s stance on AI safety science, standards, and industry adoption has now concluded. Here are the highlights and key learnings from each destination visited: Malaysia: The trip started in Malaysia where I was hosted by Aini Suzana Ariffin, a key figure behind…
You might think discussing data (rather than AI) from the government is so last decade, but think again! ๐ค๐ก The Aus Government Data Summit was an absolute blast! ๐ The thoughtful questions and discussions from the public service continue to amaze me! ๐ I had the privilege of delivering my talk on “๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐: ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ …
It was my privilege to present the opening keynote at Digital Transformation Summit, exploring one of my more provocative topics: “๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐.” This presentation navigated the audience through the evolving roles of humans (both laypersons and AI experts) in the progression from traditional, rule/logic/knowledge-based AI (GOFAI) to data-driven machine learning. It…
What an intellectually stimulating two days at the AIST’s AI International Symposium 2024 in Japan! ๐ฏ๐ต๐ง The symposium focused on the “Future Direction for Trustworthy and Responsible AI”. Day 2 also covered the latest progress in AI for Science. Yoshua Bengio ‘s talk on “Towards Quantitative Safety Guarantees and AGI Alignment” was thought-provoking and sobering all…
After a period of relaxation and intensive writing sessions for our upcoming book on ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ, I’m excited to resume regular updates. A lot has unfolded, and even more is on the horizon, so stay tuned. Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Australian Software Engineering Summer School,…
The biggest AI leadership day in Australia, during AI month! ๐I participated in a panel on ‘Powering Productivity with Generative AI’. Here are my main messages: – Like car brakes enable cars to run faster and with confidence, responsible AI is crucial for accelerating AI technology adoption. Australia may not create the fastest or largest…
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