Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 5: ’We need to talk about Artificial Intelligence’

In Episode Five of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland visits two researchers at the forefront of debates surrounding AI development and regulation. First up, it's Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence from Bath's Department of Computer Science. With a focus on machine learning, data science, computational social science, philosophy of AI and regulation of AI, Nello's book "The Shortcut: Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us", considers how AI is embedded across our technologies, infrastructure and all our lives and asks whether we should be concerned and what should we do. Roland also heads to our Department of Social & Policy Sciences to talk to Professor Emma Carmel. Professor of Governance and Public Policy with a particular focus on how public policies, and public and private organisations interact to shape society, Emma's work has analysed social and labour market policies, migration, and most recently AI technologies. She is interested in the forms and effects of different AI systems used by governments at different levels and the public policy challenges this presents. Some of Emma’s specific contributions included providing a briefing cited as part of the Nolan Committee Recommendations on the use of AI in the public sector and contributions to the AI White Paper. This episode was recorded in October 2023.