AI: how to keep it in control?

Published: March 16, 2021, 10:24 p.m.

Six academics from the fields of computer science, law and philosophy have collaborated on A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence. It's a recognition of AI's potential, decoding how AI already affects everyday life, and what it will mean in the future. It's also a call for regulation and control, and decisions to be made about where responsibility lies when it causes harm. Kathryn speaks with Professor Colin Gavaghan is Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies at the University of Otago.