S2, E1: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence with Sue Keay

In the first episode in Season 2 of the Accelerating Change podcast, Dr Paul Browning speaks with Sue Keay, Founder and Chair of Robotics Australia Group.

Sue grew up in Newcastle, NSW where she studied earth sciences at university, specialising in isotope geochemistry, before making her way to the tech industry and moving to Queensland. Since then, Sue has been responsible for setting up the world’s first robotic vision research centre, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, and has also led the development of Australia’s first Robotics roadmap outlining how robotics and automation will impact on every sector of the Australian economy.

Further Reading

BOOKS MENTIONED:

"The Future” by Al Gore

"Thank you for being late" by Thomas Friedman

"Sapiens" by Youval Hari

ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED:

Silicon Valley Robotics

European Union's approach to regulation of tech giants

KEY GROWTH SECTORS AND SKILLS

Computer scienceMachine learning engineersData scienceElectrical and mechanical engineeringAgriculture

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1:00 Sue's background6:40 What is AI?9:05 Is AI coming or is it already here?11:00 What are the ethical dimensions of AI? Just because we can, should we?12:30 The gender gap in AI and robotics14:45 Should we be frightened of the future of AI and what it means for humans?15:42 The dangers of technology - digital literacy and influence of tech giants18:23 How can we empower ourselves to make a difference?21:18 Job displacement, job invention and education27:25 Advice for young people to get into robotics or quantum computing

CONNECT WITH PAUL BROWNING

Visit >> www.acceleratingchange.com.au
LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldbrowning/

CONNECT WITH SUE KEAY

LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-keay-b9a8933/

Twitter >> @suekeay

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