Episode 5: AI policy approaches in Australia and the EU, with Katherine Daniell and Flynn Shaw

The Algorithmic Futures Podcast

In this episode, Katherine Daniell and Flynn Shaw from the Australian National University (ANU) join us to talk about the ways Australia and the EU governments approach artificial intelligence policy. This episode is designed to provide attendees of the Social Responsibility of Algorithms 2022 a brief overview of the approaches both sets of governments use to shape the present and future of artificial intelligence.

Katherine is a professor in the ANU School of Cybernetics and Fenner School of Environment and Society, and Flynn is a researcher in the ANU School of Cybernetics. You can read more about Katherine here and Flynn here.

This episode was inspired by work co-host Liz Williams has been doing on the Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab, a collaboration between the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for European Studies, ANU School of Cybernetics, ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, DIMACS at Rutgers University, and CNRS LAMSADE. The Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab is supported by an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet grant from the European Commission.

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Episode Credits

Hosts: Liz Williams and Zena Assaad

Guests: Katherine Daniell and Flynn Shaw

Producers / Writers: Katherine Daniell, Flynn Shaw, Liz Williams

Art selection: Zena Assaad