Automated Societies

About Automated Societies

Utopian visions of automated decision-making (ADM) and AI promises new levels of personalisation, control and choice in our lives. Yet, we still know very little about how AI and 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.

Publisher

ADM+S Centre

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jun 2021

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

123 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   How is AI Overview Changing Search?

   In this episode, host Kathy Nickels speaks with ADM+S researchers Kateryna Kasianenko and Sara Alawati about Google's AI Overviews and how they are reshaping the search experience. Drawing on new research from the Australian Search Experience 2.0 project, they discuss how AI-generated answers influence what we see online, what eye-tracking studies reveal about user behaviour, and why trust in AI-powered search remains an open question. The conversation also explores misinformation, conspiracy theories, the rise of Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), and who should be responsible when AI-generated information gets it wrong. As search engines evolve from directing us to information to presenting answers directly, what does that mean for how we find, evaluate and trust knowledge online?

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Challenging the power of digital platforms

   Host Jake Goldenfien interviews Kimberlee Weatherall, Daniel Angus, and Nic Carah about Australia's Digital Duty of Care and its potential to foster safer online environments through independent observation and accountability.

3. 

   3 Sept 2026

   How Should We Govern Artificial intimacy? AI Companions & A Digital Duty of Care

   Dr. Henry Fraser, Dr. Raffaele Ciriello, and Dr. Jess Szczuka discuss regulating AI companions and establishing a digital duty of care in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Automated Societies

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• Kimberlee Weatherall
• Daniel Angus
• Nic Carah
• Henry Fraser
• Raffaele Ciriello

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