Algorithm is a dancer: AI, the law and you

Like so many tech developments, AI is a potent mix of great potential and deep concern.

We’ve known about algorithms for a while – how they suggest music or movie choices, or the ads we see, but AI is having a much broader impact on our everyday lives. From employment and finance to healthcare and criminal justice, AI-powered decision-making systems are already shaping our experience.

Companies and bureaucracies are using the immense and opaque power of AI to choose us, not the other way around. And AI also has the power to open access to the justice system and legal assistance on a scale we couldn’t achieve otherwise.

What are the legal implications of all this and how do we regulate such fast-changing and moveable technology?

This engaging conversation explores where AI already is in our law, its potential, and what regulation we need to make it fair.

Panelists

Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson

Jeannie is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics at the University of Melbourne. Her teaching and research focus consumer and data protection law in the context of new technologies, such as AI chatbots, potential for fraud and erosion of truth through deep fakes. Jeannie is an affiliate researcher with the Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Simon Goodrich

Simon is Co-Founder of Portable, a purpose-driven digital design agency with a mission to address social need and policy failure in the community using human-centred design and technology. He is a Senior Honorary Fellow at Melbourne School of Government and Melbourne Law School, where he also lectures masters students on Innovation and Design. He is Australian Ambassador for the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, dubbed the Oscars for Online.

Karen Finch

As Founder and CEO of Legally Yours, an Australian Legal Tech company transforming the way Australians access legal services, Karen is a passionate legal innovator and legal technology enthusiast. Karen is also a Co-Director of ProHelp Legal Australia, President of the Australian Legal Technology Association and Women of ALTA, and the Head of Legal Policy and Strategic Advocacy at the Law Institute of Victoria.