June 19, 2025
An audience of 60 people who attended the Society’s 132nd Ordinary General Meeting at the State Library of NSW on 4 June enjoyed an interesting and incisive talk and panel session on the transformation due to, and the impact of, artificial intelligence on our society, now and into the immediate future.
The session, titled, ‘AI: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly‘, comprised individual presentations by Professor Michael Blumenstein, UTS Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business Creation and Major Facilities), and Professor Nicholas Davis, the Director (Strategy and Operations) of the UTS Human Technology Institute, follow by a panel session organised by Professor Sally Cripps, Director (Technology) of the UTS Human Technology Institute). The presentation provided a candid tour through the current landscape of AI: the good, from life-saving medical applications to creative tools that amplify human potential; the bad, including biased algorithms, misinformation, and technological enhanced inequality; and the ugly, the darker risks of surveillance, deepfakes, and the unintended consequences of unchecked AI development — seeking to explore how we as a society can harness the power of AI responsibly, critically, and creatively
A video recording of the presentation and Q&A session is now available on the Society’s YouTube channel, while a collection of images from the occasion is also available for viewing and download.
