Critical perspectives on datafication and artificial intelligence.
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Authors
Ballantyne, N.
Goldingay, S.
Keddell, E.
Watts, L.
Keywords
AI
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Conference Contribution.
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2024-11
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Abstract
Panel presentation
The bold hyperbolic claims associated with emerging technologies, datafication and Artificial Intelligence(AI) have saturated the media in recent months, causing key actors in almost every profession and discipline–artists, authors, the military, police and social work professionals–to adopt a position, make a statement, align themselves for or against the apparent transformational changes in the social order that are sweeping over us. There seems little doubt that, in relation to Generative AI such as ChatGPT, we are
at the top of the Gartner hype cycle associated with inflated expectations generating speculative hopes and fears that AI will bring mass unemployment, solutions to major health and social problems or existential threats to the future of humanity. In this panel, we want to take a carefully considered and
evidence-informed look at the actual and emerging impacts of datafication, machine learning and AI.
Avoiding speculative positions, we will describe the nature of these technological innovations and–from the perspective of social work education, research and practice–consider their potential benefits and harms. We will also discuss the wider impacts of emerging technologies on social work service users and society and reflect on a range of possible responses from adoption to abolition.
Citation
Ballantyne, N., Goldingay, S., Keddell, E., & Watts, L. (2024, November). Critical perspectives on datafication and artificial intelligence [Panel discussion][Paper presentation]. ANZSWWER 2024 Symposium, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.