Proposed cuts at ACU threaten work on Safe AI
This is particularly surprising given Chancellor Daubney’s stated hope that ACU would play a central role in the development of ethical and safe AI. The cuts would end the positions for nearly every academic working at ACU on ethical AI. We believe this is an oversight, but a sign that the change plan is incompatible with Daubney’s vision.
In his speech to the Assembly of Catholic Professionals, Daubney said, “As Chancellor of Australian Catholic University, I’d like to see our university playing a leading role as our society plays catch up in the formulation of legal and ethical frameworks for the development and implementation of AI technologies”. We want this, too. The cuts proposed hit the Dianoia philosophers who worked with the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco, the supervisors who helped an HDR student get a fellowship with this group, and an academic who presented his research on algorithmic justice to members of SACRU. More care is needed to promote Daubney’s ambitions.
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