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THE NEED FOR HUMANS? In a world where technology is taking an ever-greater role in our lives, do we still need humans? That’s the question asked by Peter Hancock, Provost Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida.

We wrote this tongue-in-cheek piece about the risks of an advanced Santa AI for Christmas 2020. Alarmingly the concerns remain #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety theconversation.com/the-ghost-of-c…

We are looking for individuals to participate in #research looking at how personality might impact the bond with cats. If you have a cat, please consider participating! surveymonkey.com/r/286SDTV #survey #psychology #cats #cat #pets

Our special issue of Ergonomics on Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics is out now, put together to recognise the 40-year anniversary of Lisanne Bainbridge’s Ironies of Automation paper. Read the papers here: tandfonline.com/toc/terg20/cur… Edited with Patrick Waterson

Concerning that automated adjustments would include changes to a women's proportions and clothing. So sorry this happened to you Georgie Purcell. If it was an automated feature, it demonstrates the urgency for controls on AI to address AI bias #ResponsibleAI

This thread shows that Sora opens the door to a new level of deep fakes. Are society and Government prepared for this...? Paul Salmon Julian Hill MP Ellen Broad

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has completed its safety study into the risks associated with level crossing collisions, in particular involving heavy road vehicles.

Public lecture: Maximising athlete performance through Sports Science. Prof Barry Drust will discuss enhancing athlete physical performance in elite sport including experiences with Liverpool FC and the England Men’s Football team usc.edu.au/research/centr… Barry Drust Scott Mclean

Over the last 2 weeks we've been very fortunate to host Prof Barry Drust from Uni of Birmingham. Barry Drust shared his wisdom on football performance and is collaborating with Scott Mclean & Paul Salmon on some exciting new projects. Supported by UniSC's CONNECT grant scheme

Reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the 2024 HFESA annual conference closes on the 19th May - call for papers below! ergonomics.org.au/conf1/ High quality abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for publication in the HFEMSI journal #humanfactors

Join us for our inaugral Methods Masterclass series, Melbourne, 10-11 Sept, with expert facilitators: Paul Salmon Prof Neville Stanton Gemma Read Scott Mclean Find out more: tinyurl.com/4w6var7a #humanfactors #systemsthinking

To celebrate the CIEHF's 75th anniversary we asked 18 #humanfactors researchers and practitioners a series of questions on HFE's impact, contemporary challenges, and critical future directions. You can read the results here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Ergonomics #ergonomics

Can AI help social workers? We are recruiting participants for an online study being conducted by UniSC. We are exploring Australian social worker’s perceptions of using artificial intelligence tools uniofsunshinecoast.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5…

Advancements in AI tech may lead to a broad range of applications that can provide great benefits, yet may also introduce risks. We are interested in your views on such risks Complete our short survey here: uniofsunshinecoast.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cH… #AI #artificialintelligence #aisafety

What do we know about the risks associated with advanced emerging technologies? How can we identify risk in far-future systems? See our latest open access article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #risk #humanfactors #ergonomics #safety #technology #AI

Do you have views about AI? Please consider sharing them in this international survey being conducted by our researchers

Free access to my latest article just published in Transport Planning and Technology. I was invited to write a short commentary on AI and crash prevention in future transport systems tandfonline.com/eprint/W7NEZTX… #AI #safety #transport #Transportation #artificialintelligence

New coach Ruben Amorim has arrived at Manchester United - is he the solution or is there more to their ongoing struggles? See our view in our conversation article on 'fixes that fail' in soccer theconversation.com/with-its-10th-… #EPL #soccer #manutd #ManchesterUnited #RubenAmorim

Congratulations Paul Salmon for being named thr national leader in Quality and Reliability for the 5th year in a row! 👏👏 usc.edu.au/about/unisc-ne…

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