Be curious not judgemental…

Dr Melanie McGrath recently joined the University of Wollongong human-centred systems design class for a guest lecture on “Be curious not judgemental (or how to build human-centred AI though cross-disciplinary integration.”

The lecture covered themes and projects relating to trust in collaborative human-AI teams and genome annotation processes, co-development, and cross-disciplinary expertise and language, among other human-centred themes and concepts. 

Biography:
Dr Melanie McGrath is a social psychological researcher in the Collaborative Intelligence (CINTEL) and Responsible Innovation Future Science Platforms. Melanie engages in interdisciplinary research investigating the nature and function of human trust in collaborative intelligence systems. These systems will enable humans and machines to work together in ways that complement the strengths of each. Previously, she explored questions of harm and ethics in a range of applied contexts, including systematic review and experimental evaluation of interventions to improve gender equality and recruiting practices in the Victorian Government. As an Emerging Scholar of the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding at the University of North Carolina, she conducted survey and experimental studies to uncover factors contributing to political polarisation and social intolerance in the United States. Melanie is interested in finding practical and impactful pathways for insights from the social sciences, and social psychology in particular, to inform the development, deployment and evaluation of novel technologies. Link: https://lnkd.in/gs-UfpYb

Selected readings:
1️⃣ Trust in CINTEL – Collaborative Intelligence Future Science Platform: https://lnkd.in/gUe7kH9x

2️⃣ Machine Assisted Genome Annotation: https://lnkd.in/ggVK_b7V

3️⃣ Bentley, S. V., Naughtin, C. K., McGrath, M. J., Irons, J. L., & Cooper, P. S. (2024). The digital divide in action: how experiences of digital technology shape future relationships with artificial intelligence. AI and Ethics, 1-15: https://lnkd.in/gCT2a64m

If you would like to connect more with Melanie and the team she works with, pls email melanie.mcgrath@csiro.au.