S3 E6: Human rights and Technology

In this extras episode of The Wigs Emmanuel Kerkyasharian has a fascinating discussion with Edward Santow about Human rights, technology and artificial intelligence. The wide-ranging discussion touches on the robodebt saga, responsibility for algorithmic decision making, algorithmic deference & the need for the legal profession to understand more about statistics and computers as we progress into a new technological epoch. Edward Santow was Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission from August 2016 to 28 July 2021. Since September 2021, Ed has been the at the University of Technology, Sydney, as Industry Professor – Responsible Technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.