Automated Decision-Making and Society
Addressing the legal challenge of decisions made by machines
Our cross-disciplinary research is paving the way for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making.
We are addressing challenging legal issues raised by artificial intelligence to improve the governance framework that safeguards human rights and autonomy.
Automated decision-making (ADM) comprises an expanding array of intelligent technologies such as deep learning and blockchains. It was developed to solve challenging problems across sectors to make essential services more personal and help to broaden choices and control for citizens and communities.
However, its widespread uptake has posed serious new risks to human rights and welfare, resulting from its misuse and malfunction.
Potential harms include:
The Sydney Law School is home to one of the nodes of the ADM+S Centre.
We focus on researching:
Our aim is to understand how this environment is governed in both public and private institutions and generate new insights that can improve that governance framework to better protect human rights and autonomy, democratic values, social inclusion, and the sustainable use of resources in ADM.
Together with the Sydney Innovation Programme and the work of many of our scholars, the Law School is positioning itself at the frontlines of interdisciplinary work on technology issues, opening an array of opportunities to academics and students alike to make a real-world impact in the impending legal landscape.
The University of Sydney node is working closely with the Gradient Institute and the team are in discussion with other faculties of the University to expand the scope of this interdisciplinary work.
The Sydney node contributes to the collective efforts of the Centre’s overall vision, joining the almost one hundred researchers across 8 Australian Universities, and its long list of partners inside and outside the country.
The ADM+S is supported by its leadership team, investigators, research fellows and affiliates.
Designing Automated Tools to Support Welfare Rights Advocacy
Australian Government proposes ‘Mandatory Guardrails’ for High-Risk AI
ADM+S researchers appointed to new Federal Government artificial intelligence expert group
ADM+S research informs NSW Artificial Intelligence Inquiry
ADM+S Research Fellow invited to provide evidence to the Federal Parliament