Building trust in science and technology
Precision health, robotics, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology—with the advent of so many new and disruptive technologies in Australia’s research landscape, we are clearly now in a new and exciting phase of science and innovation, one where the potential benefits to society are immense.
And, as we saw last year when a Chinese scientist edited the genes of twin babies ‘Lulu and Nana’ to become resistant to the HIV virus carried by their father, both the scientific community and the general public expect ethical discussions to be had, and ethical decisions to be made, before such potentially disruptive technology is deployed.
The Responsible Innovation FSP has surveyed Australia’s research and innovation system to understand its perspectives on the current state of the science-society relationship, and what it sees as priority areas for change.