Our Work
The Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory (MINT) Lab at the Australian National University has secured a USD 1 million grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation. This funding will support crucial research on Language Model Agents (LMAs) and their societal impact.
Read MoreThe Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory (MINT) Lab has been awarded a US$480,000 grant from the Survival and Flourishing DAF (Donor Advised Fund). This gift will support research by the MINT lab into sociotechnical AI safety—the integration of multidisciplinary perspectives with technical research on mitigating direct risks caused by AI systems operating without immediate human supervision.
Read MoreAs AI continues to permeate every aspect of our society, the evolution of adversarial machine learning from a niche academic field to a critical component of global cyber security underscores the significance of this research.
Read MoreTogether with Aaron Snoswell, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, and Daniel Kilov, Seth Lazar has been awarded USD50,000 to support work on developing a “moral conscience” for AI agents. The grant will start in April 2024, and run for 9-10 months.
Read MoreMichael Barnes is part of a team that receives HMI Computing for Social Good Seed Research Grant. The project, titled ‘Privacy Preserving Perception in Robotics,’ seeks to ensure that robots that enter public spaces are trained to avoid capturing sensitive information.
Read MoreSeth Lazar and the MINT lab were awarded USD50,000 to support normative philosophy of computing field-building. The funds will be used to support research workshops in Australia and overseas, such as this year’s normative philosophy of computing workshop at Kioloa Coastal Campus.
Read MoreSeth Lazar was awarded USD10,000 to support work on the societal impacts and social ontology of LLMs.
Read MoreMINT, in collaboration with Insurance Australia Group, the Gradient Institute, the University of Sydney and HMI has been awarded an AUD 495,000 Australian Research Council Linkage grant to study Socially Responsible Insurance in the Age of AI. The project will receive a further AUD 350,000 funding from IAG, and AUD 100,000 funding from ANU.
Read MoreBen Robinson and Antonio Esposito win scholarships for their work on Moral Skill and Ethics for AI respectively.
Read MoreProfessor Seth Lazar wins $1m Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Award to study the political philosophy of AI.
Read MoreAs humans, our skills define us. No skill is more human than the exercise of moral judgment. We are already using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate morally-loaded decisions. In other domains of human activity, automating a task diminishes our skill at that task. Will 'moral automation' diminish our moral skill? If so, how can we mitigate that risk, and adapt AI to enable moral 'upskilling'? Our project, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, will use philosophy, social psychology, and computer science to answer these questions.
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