The AI revolution continues to ascend, captivating popular imagination and significantly disrupting our social dynamics and lifestyles. Its influence spans from personalized healthcare and automated business decisions to entertainment preferences.
Yet, alongside its promises come ethical challenges: issues of privacy, bias, and societal equity loom large. As AI evolves, thoughtful regulation and ethical frameworks are crucial to harnessing its potential for positive societal advancement.
AI-driven Digital Transformation
- Examines how AI technologies are transforming societies, industries, gig economy and business models. It focuses on understanding economic shifts, opportunities for innovation, and implications for job creation and displacement.
- Research themes include automation of processes, augmentation of human capabilities, and the impact on workforce dynamics and skill requirements.
Ethical AI and Algorithmic Governance
- This area explores the ethical implications of AI technologies in shaping societal norms, policies, and governance structures. It includes fairness, accountability, transparency, openness and privacy concerns in AI systems.
- Research focuses on developing ethical frameworks and regulatory approaches to ensure responsible AI deployment.
Social Impact of AI and Digital Technologies
- Investigates how AI and digital technologies influence social structures, interactions, and cultural practices. These include digital inequalities, the role of AI in shaping public discourse and social behaviour, and implications for social justice and inclusion.
- Research aims to uncover disparities in access, agency, and power dynamics in digital societies.