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If recent television shows are anything to go by, we're a little concerned about the consequences of technological development. Dystopian narratives abound, argues Sara James, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, La Trobe University and
Sarah Midford, Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History and Director of Teaching and Learning (ugrad), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University.
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| How can we make sure new technologies stay centred on human wellbeing? Photo: Axel Heimken / DPA |
Narratives like these have a long lineage. Science fiction has been articulating our hopes and fears about technological disruption at least since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818).
However, as the likes of driverless cars and robot therapists emerge, some previously fictional concerns are no longer imaginative speculation. Instead, they represent real and urgent problems...
Human-centered AI
A similar vision drives Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. The institute brings together researchers from the humanities, education, law, medicine, business and STEM to study and develop "human-centered" AI technologies. The idea underpinning their work is that "AI should be collaborative, augmentative and enhancing to human productivity and quality of life."
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford similarly investigates "big-picture questions" to ensure "a long and flourishing future for humanity."...
Reaney proposes a "more blended approach" to higher education, offering degrees that combine the arts and STEM.
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Source: Tech Xplore
