Utopian visions of automated decision-making (ADM) promise new levels of personalisation, control and choice in our lives. Yet, we still know very little about how ADM is being incorporated, reinvented or resisted as part of everyday lives. Our guest speakers are researchers and industry partners from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) a cross-disciplinary, national research centre, which aims to create the knowledge and strategies needed for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making.
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Utopian visions of automated decision-making (ADM) promise new levels of personalisation, control and choice in our lives. Yet, we still know very little about how ADM is being incorporated, reinvented or resisted as part of everyday lives. Our guest speakers are researchers and industry partners from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) a cross-disciplinary, national research centre, which aims to create the knowledge and strategies needed for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making.
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April 17, 2026
Who Takes the Fall? The AI Responsibility Gap
<p>When AI systems mislead, discriminate, or get things wrong—who is actually responsible? In this episode of Careful Minds, Rayane El Masri speaks with Dr Joanne Kwai about the growing “responsibility gap” in AI. </p><p>From AI-generated news and election misinformation to invisible labour and global power imbalances, they explore how accountability becomes blurred across developers, platforms, and institutions. This conversation unpacks why these failures aren’t just technical and what it would take to build more responsible and equitable AI systems.</p><p>Dr Kuai Joanne Kuai is an Affiliate of the ADM+S at RMIT University. Her research interests include digital journalism, the social implications of automation and algorithms, and data and AI governance.</p><p>Research publications discussed in this podcast:</p><p>Brantner, C., Karlsson, M., & Kuai, J. (2025). Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages. TelecommunicationsPolicy, 49(5), 102952. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102952__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!ALBllb5SOz21FIU0lYciarR6GqVoWNxEbLonXDOyLhU253l8T2NVM3L7kj626cIxXEAdM8S4HGEtfCWzbyvjxvRYph9ph-gc7SA$">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102952</a><br>Kuai, J., Brantner, C., Karlsson, M., Van Couvering, E., & Romano, S. (2025). AI chatbot accountability in the age of algorithmic gatekeeping: Comparing generative search engine political information retrieval across five languages. New Media & Society, 14614448251321162. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doi.org/10.1177/14614448251321162__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!ALBllb5SOz21FIU0lYciarR6GqVoWNxEbLonXDOyLhU253l8T2NVM3L7kj626cIxXEAdM8S4HGEtfCWzbyvjxvRYph9pXkEAfxw$">https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251321162</a>This episode is part of the ADM+S Careful Minds series created by ADM+S PhD Student Rayane El Masri. </p><p><br></p>
March 12, 2026
Companion or Code? The Ethics of AI Companionship
<p>Conversational agents based on Large Language Models are increasingly stepping into roles that look and feel like partnership, friendship or even love. </p><p>These systems can comfort people, reduce loneliness and offer a sense of connection. But they also raise difficult questions about authenticity, dependency, power and care. </p><p>In this episode, Rayane El Masr, PhD student of the ADM+S, speaks to Prof Robert Sparrow (Monash University) about the ethical and philosophical implications of AI companionship.</p><p>Professor Sparrow is a Professor in the Philosophy Program, Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at Monash University, and Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society’s Monash University node.</p><p>This episode is part of the ADM+S Careful Minds series created by ADM+S PhD Student Rayane El Masri. </p><p><br></p>
March 12, 2026
Careful Minds: A New ADM+S Podcast Series
<p>In this episode of Automated Societies, we introduce a new ADM+S podcast series: Careful Minds: AI, Ethics and Society, hosted by Rayane El Masri. </p><p>Rayane, an ADM+S PhD student and recipient of the 2025 Marc Sanders Foundation Philosophy in Media Podcasting Fellowship, brings a fresh perspective to discussions on AI, ethics, and society. Her research explores how care ethics, drawing on Joan Tronto’s Political Care Theory, can help address the value alignment problem in generative AI, a pressing challenge in today’s AI technologies.</p><p>This series will explore whose values shape AI, how automated systems influence society, and what ethical responsibility looks like in a rapidly evolving technological world. Upcoming episodes feature conversations with researchers, technologists, and policy thinkers, examining themes including care, justice, feminism, decolonisation, and Global South perspectives.</p><p>Rayane shares her journey into AI ethics, insights from her fellowship and podcasting training with figures like Robert Krulwich, Mia Lobel, and Barry Lam, and why philosophical thinking is essential for understanding the technologies shaping our lives.</p><p>Join us as we begin a new series on the Automated Societies podcast and open the conversation on AI, ethics, and society.</p><p><br></p>
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