The seduction, hype and mythology of AI knows no bounds. I read recently about AI ‘deathbots’ and wondered just how more absurd can this delusion of AI go. What you do, is sample your voice, data, videos, messages and voice notes, creating “digital doubles” of ourselves and, other input into AI … [Read more...] about You Don’t Do AI, AI Does You! Where Next for Safety?
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AI Looks Back, as Does Safety so, Where Will Innovation Come From?
Try an interesting experiment and look up yourself using AI and see what you find. What can AI do? It can scan the past and trawl through what’s available online but it can’t think critically (https://safetyrisk.net/what-is-critical-thinking-for-safety/ ), interpret, ask, think forward or embrace … [Read more...] about AI Looks Back, as Does Safety so, Where Will Innovation Come From?
The Dangers of AI for Safety
I don’t use AI and never have and, have no intention of doing so. We’ve done two video on the dangers of AI for safety here: https://safetyrisk.net/is-ai-safe-two-videos/ And, have written on the ethics of using AI in safety here: https://safetyrisk.net/ai-ethics-and-ai-safety/ My last … [Read more...] about The Dangers of AI for Safety
Let’s Do Everything Except Listen to People in Safety
I received heaps of positive feedback about my Newsletter (https://safetyrisk.net/quartely-newsletter-spor-news-april-2025/ ) yesterday that featured the theme: Is AI Safe? One executive leader stated that: The worst example is the so called ‘predictive analytics’ tools. I have seen how these … [Read more...] about Let’s Do Everything Except Listen to People in Safety
Is AI Safe? – Two Videos
Recently, Dr Craig Ashhurst, Dr Nippin Anand, Greg Smith and Dr Rob Long discussed the adoption of AI into the world of risk and safety. There are two videos here: Video One https://vimeo.com/1069071797 and here: Video Two https://vimeo.com/1069073815 Each one of these scholars … [Read more...] about Is AI Safe? – Two Videos
AI, Ethics and AI Safety
I read with interest the white paper from LexisNexis Privacy and AI: Navigating Australia's Shifting Regulatory Landscape. And, apart from being a fairly typical marketing ploy, there is simply no discussion of ethics nor the critical need for understanding Technique (Ellul, Postman). The idea … [Read more...] about AI, Ethics and AI Safety
Spot the Spin and the Myths of AI
Robots and AI do not ‘learn’. There is no individual and independent movement in a computer that senses its own ‘body’. Indeed, robots and AI have no body, no nerve endings, no consciousness or feelings necessary to ‘know’ and ‘understand’ the emotions of another. Yet, this is what is projected by … [Read more...] about Spot the Spin and the Myths of AI
Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety
Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety I received an email yesterday about data mining and safety data with promises of making unseen risks visible using artificial intelligence (AI). The marketing is ‘choc-a-block’ with promises of what AI can do and how algorithmic analysis can tell you … [Read more...] about Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety
Safety Recycling
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been spruiked at the latest International Work Health and Safety Conference in Sydney Australia as the latest and greatest thing for Safety, yet again. The first thing all users of ChatGPT, Jasper et al, should know is that they only regurgitate what is already … [Read more...] about Safety Recycling
The Need for Discernment in Risk and Safety
If ever there was a time for critical thinking and discernment (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/real-risk/) it is now. We are not just bombarded with the propaganda of AI but also endless dis-information and mythology (https://safetyrisk.net/indiana-jones-and-the-hero-myth-in-safety/) … [Read more...] about The Need for Discernment in Risk and Safety