How do you stop being addicted to your phone?
About this episode
The episode discusses phone addiction, the safety of online voting, and the rights of artists regarding AI model training.
If your phone seems impossible to put down, that's because it's intentional. So how can we break our addictions? Also on the show, how safe is online voting ? With our traditional political system in a bit of a chaotic state at the moment, it's safe to say we're lacking trust in our politicians. But Australians are still very trusting in our electoral processes. Will changing to online voting jeopardise that? And, more Australian artists have identified they have been caught up in AI model training without permission. And they're not happy about it ! Cate Blanchett has just launched the Human Consent Registry as one way to combat this. Is there an end in sight? GUESTS: Professor Vanessa Teague, CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and Adjunct Professor at UNSW . Professor Michael Cowling, Professor of Educational Technology at RMIT aka Professor Tech . ------------ This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people. ------------ Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at downloadthisshow@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Download This Show on the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.
People in this episode
Guests: Professor Vanessa Teague, Professor Michael Cowling
Topics covered
- phone addiction
- online voting
- trust in electoral processes
- AI model training
- artist rights
- Human Consent Registry
Keywords
- phone addiction
- online voting
- electoral trust
- AI training
- artist rights
- Human Consent Registry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Thinking Cybersecurity, UNSW, RMIT, Human Consent Registry
Places: Australia
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