Human error may have contributed to the tragic accident in Baltimore harbour on March 26. Designing systems that reduce the potential for human error may help prevent future incidents.
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Mining’s high-tech transformation has dramatically increased safety – but there is plenty more work to be done.
AI and smart software make life easier, most of the time. How do you keep your skills up for the times when they fail?
Autonomous retail concepts are becoming a common fixture in downtown Canada. But are these novel businesses beneficial to everyone?
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
Automation has wreaked havoc with government processes here and overseas, and freedom of information laws have been key to exposing it. But with the rise of AI, our laws need modernising.
We need a new agreement between employers and employees in the B.C. ports that will allow both sides to enjoy the benefits of new workplace technologies.
The introduction of ‘care apps’ has been sold as improving efficiency and even pay rates for homecare providers. But a new study suggests it may only be exacerbating existing problems in the industry.
Here’s why economists aren’t sure about humanity’s place in an automated future.
Self-service technologies — like self-checkouts or government service kiosks — are decreasing interactions with other people. This may affect our politics and sense of community.
With Amazon facing worker battles in the UK, US and Germany, no wonder people worry about how technology is changing workplaces.
The deployment of low-tech requires taking into account the human factor and changing design practices.
In a few Australian suburbs, a cup of coffee or toothpaste can now arrive via the air. But that doesn’t mean drones are going to be widespread – for now.
Artificial intelligence can generate text much quicker and cheaper than professional human writers. Soon, AI will have the capacity to produce text that is indistinguishable from a human writer.
A new AI tool that writes computer code on demand has programmers considering their future.
With employers struggling to hire enough workers, reliance on automation is becoming more of a necessity than just a source of competitive advantage.
Experts give us a science preview for 2022, plus what lies in store for global inequality. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Drone delivery company Wing is out to transform the sky – and Australia is at the forefront of its plans.
Tesla crashes and the investigations that follow generate a lot of headlines, but the dangers of automotive automation are industrywide. The common denominator is the human behind the wheel.
The pandemic home-delivery boom is driving a push to automation and precarious work by Australian supermarkets.
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Technology and Organisation, University of Manchester
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Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Associate Professor, Human Systems Labs, University of Windsor
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Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO, CSIRO
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The University of Melbourne
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Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney
