With the growing impact of AI on journalism, and the recent blocking of AI bots by major news publishers, we talked about AI.
This Shop-talk covered:
- How crawling works.
- The Pros and Cons of allowing AI Bots to access your website.
- The ethical implications of an AI on journalism
Our guests were:
– Associate Professor at the Human Technology Institute, Linda Przhedetsky, who is currently undertaking a PhD, specializing in the ethical development, regulation and use of artificial intelligence. She has a strong interest in ensuring that human values are embedded in AI systems across every sector.
– Research fellow at the Centre for Media transition, Michael Davis, is currently working on research projects related to the implications of artificial intelligence for knowledge integrity and journalism.
– Sacha Molitorisz a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at UTS, teaching Media Law and Accountability, as well as Ethics, Law and Justice. He also works with the Centre for Media Transition (CMT). His research and teachings include the ethics and regulation of journalism and media, public interest journalism and digital privacy.
He was also a journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald for nearly 20 years, before becoming an academic.
