Exploring themes of risk and trust and autonomous systems, we're discussing a project where professional dancers with disabilities dance with robots. The project exposes interesting challenges with choreography & safety as well as expression and creativity.

Guests:
Professor Sarah Whatley, Director and Professor, Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University

Paul Tennent (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham)

Kate Marsh (Assistant Professor, Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University)

More information about the project: Robots as dancing partners; somatic interventions – UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (tas.ac.uk)

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Podcast Host: Sean Riley

Producer:  Stacha Hicks

If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

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The Reformist Project is developing an AI support tool to speed up decision making in critical healthcare situations. Use of this could revolutionise the necessary meetings where different clinicians assemble to plan patient care.

Guests on this episode:

Ganesh Vigneswaran, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Interventional Radiology, University of Southampton

Tim Underwood - Professor of gastrointestinal surgery, University of Southampton

For more information on the project: REFORMIST: Mirrored decision support fRamEwork FOR Multidiciplinary Teams in Oesophageal cancer – UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (tas.ac.uk)


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Will machine learning abide by the rules of war? We're talking AI & defence and whether AI is already revolutionising the battlefield.

Our guest is Professor Chris Johnson,  Pro-Vice-Chancellor, (Engineering and Physical Sciences), Queen’s University Belfast

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Producer:  Stacha Hicks

If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

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From deep fakes to voice assistants, AI audio is ubiquitous yet often overlooked. Dr Jennifer Williams tells Sean all about the project: "The Next Big Thing in Trustworthy AI: Codesign of Context Aware Trustworthy Audio Capture" which asks the question "Do we really trust the autonomous audio systems (AAUS) that exist around us?"

This is the final episode in this season's Living with AI, we hope you've enjoyed listening and hopefully we'll see you next season!

If "Living with AI" floats your boat and you're looking for a new podcast, you might like to check out 'Robot Talk' - here's an episode from last year featuring TAShub director Gopal: Episode 24 – Gopal Ramchurn - Robot Talk

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Producers: Louise Male  and Stacha Hicks

If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

Podcast Host: Sean Riley

Misinformation online is a huge problem. How can you trust the things you read?

Jeremie Clos joins Sean to discuss the project "Privacy Preserving Detection of Online Misinformation"

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Producers: Louise Male  and Stacha Hicks

If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

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Communicating liability in Autonomous Vehicles - Mohammad Naiseh
XHS: eXplainable Human-swarm Systems - Mohammad Soorati
Safety and desirability criteria for AI-controlled aerial drones on construction sites - David Bossens
Source Interaction Interface for Human-Swarm Teaming  - Mohammad Soorati 

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If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

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TAS for Health and Social Care

This projects episode features four TAS Hub projects associated with Health and Social Care:
 
DAISY - Tunde Ashaolu
Verifiably Human-Centric Robot Assisted Dressing - Yasmeen Rafiq
Empowering Future Care Workforces - Cian O’Donovan
Imaging predictors of Oesophageal Cancer MDT patient outcomes - Navamayooran Thavanesan

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If you want to get in touch with us here at the Living with AI Podcast, you can visit the TAS Hub website at www.tas.ac.uk where you can also find out more about the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Living With AI Podcast.

Podcast Host: Sean Riley

AI and the Arts (Featuring Blast Theory)

We're discussing AI and the arts, featuring Blast Theory with a discussion of their latest work 'Cat Royale' where an autonomous system attempts to create a cat utopia.
 
 Feature interview with Matt & Ju from Blast Theory recorded on May 11th 2023
 
 Panel Discussion recorded on May 26th 2023
 
On the panel :

Tim Smith-Laing Executive Master Programme Director of the Royal Academy of Arts
Ali Hossaini a TAS artist in residence
Steve Benford, TAS Creative Lead, Founder of the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham.

Chat GPT summary when prompted to talk about the lionisation of art:
"In summary, AI's role in making art more accessible is indeed a positive development. By removing barriers and providing opportunities for engagement, AI can contribute to a more inclusive and diverse appreciation of art, empowering individuals to explore and connect with the artistic world in ways they may have thought were unattainable."

A few notes:

55mins Ali: Bach music mentions:

Pablo Casals - Wikipedia 

Yo-Yo Ma - Wikipedia 

 1hr 8mins Tim: Lotus Eaters:

Lotus-eaters - Wikipedia 

 
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Two projects loosely under the umbrella of the environment.

This episode was recorded on May 10th 2023

Calum Corrie Imrie - Preserving Marine Life in a Shipping World: AI to the Rescue (PREVAIL)
 
Karl Dickinson - AgriTrust

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This is a projects episode where we discuss four TAS Hub projects related to equality:

Guests and their projects featured on this podcast:

Trustworthy Accessible Robots for Inclusive Cultural experienceS (TARICS) - Marise Galvez Trigo 

Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People - Lauren White 

Intersectional Approaches to Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems  - Efpraxia Zamani

TAS Benchmarks Library and Critical Review - Peta Masters 

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