[ASA] FW: Parliamentary Inquiry into Adopting AI - call for input

[Stas Shabala]

Dear ASA members,

Science and Technology Australia (STA) are calling for input to inform their submission to the Senate Select Committee on AI – details below.

While many aspects of the Senate committee’s Terms of Reference are not directly relevant to astronomy, aspects such as opportunities AI offers may be more in line with some of the work done in our community.

Sarah Brough has kindly agreed to coordinate a possible submission on behalf of the astronomy community. If you have relevant input, please email Sarah directly (s.brough at unsw.edu.au<mailto:s.brough at unsw.edu.au>) by COB Thursday 18 April.

Cheers,

Stas

From: Hari Konchada <hari.konchada at sta.org.au>
Date: Monday, 8 April 2024 at 10:43 am
To: Stas Shabala <stanislav.shabala at utas.edu.au>
Subject: Parliamentary Inquiry into Adopting AI - call for input

Hi STA member organisations,

The Australian Senate has recently established a Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI). Submissions are due on the 10th of May and STA will be making one.

The Committee's Terms of Reference can be found here. However, for your convenience, it has been summarised below:

  *   Recent trends and opportunities in the development and adoption of AI in Australia and overseas, including generative AI,
  *   Risks and harms arising from AI adoption,
  *   Emerging international approaches to mitigating AI risks,
  *   Opportunities to adopt AI to benefit the public, the environment and/or economic growth,
  *   Ways to foster a responsible AI industry in Australia,
  *   Potential threats to democracy and trust in institutions from generative AI, and
  *   Environmental impacts of AI technologies and opportunities for limiting and mitigating impacts.
  *   We would welcome feedback on these Terms of Reference and how this relates to your discipline, including recent or future developments and/or specific case studies to inform the submission. Members can of course make their own submission.
If you would like to provide your thoughts to us, please feel free to send us any level of detail that works for you. This could be the submission you intend to submit which you can share with us confidentially or just high-level dot points. Please send us your input by COB 22nd April for inclusion into the STA submission as appropriate.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

Kind regards,
Hari Konchada (he/him)

Policy and Projects Officer
P: 02 6257 2891
PO Box 259, Canberra City, ACT 2601
E: hari.konchada at sta.org.au

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