CSIRO presents: Everyday AI

Moving beyond the fear of AI stealing our jobs, how do we best work with AI? In this episode, we explore whether AI tools are making us more or less productive and hear what employers are looking for in this age of AI. Plus, we dive into real-life examples of how AI is impacting two completely different jobs: firefighters and graphic designers. Join us as we navigate the evolving landscape of AI in the workplace.

Everyday AI is a CSIRO podcast. This episode features bushfire system specialist with the Australasian Fire And Emergency Services Authorities Council Chantelle O’Brien, Principal Applied Scientist at Canva Bhautik Joshi, and Claire Naughtin, Digital Futures Team Leader at CSIRO’s Data61.

Explore how AI is changing family life. Jon Whittle dives into how AI is being used for everything from deciphering baby cries to personalising bedtime stories. But with this new technology comes new challenges like data privacy, mental health and the importance of human connection in a digital age.

Everyday AI is a CSIRO podcast. This episode features Ubenwa Founder and CEO Charles Onu, digital child development expert in Professor Tama Leaver from Curtin University, Dr Fae Heaselgrave, program director and lecturer at the University of South Australia, and Dr Sarah Bentley, CSIRO Research Scientist applying social psychology to AI.

Discover how AI is reshaping dating and relationships. From chatbot partners to digital replicas and dating apps, AI is revolutionising how we connect. As we spend more of our lives online, we explore whether AI could be the surprising solution to improving our communication and helping us find love in the real world.

Everyday AI is a CSIRO podcast. This episode features Dr Leah Henrickson, author and Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Stefanie Duguay, Associate Professor at Concordia University in Canada, and Professor S. Shyam Sundar and Assistant Professor Saeed Abdullah from Pennsylvania State University. 

Can AI help us cheat death? Our final episode in this series explores AI at the end of our lives and beyond. We delve into how AI impacts aging, forensic science and criminal investigations, death rituals and our digital afterlives. AI’s growing influence is fundamentally changing how we view life and death.

Everyday AI is a CSIRO podcast. This episode was recorded live at SXSW in Sydney and features principal scientist at CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre Dr Dana Bradford, former crime scene investigator and Manager of Technology, Strategy and Data with the Australian Federal Police Ben Lamont, Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales June Kim and author and associate professor of philosophy at Deakin University Patrick Stokes. 

Jon Whittle kicks off our season, exploring how AI is transforming the miracle of life. We meet Briony who shares her firsthand experience with AI-assisted embryo selection during IVF. We crack the code on how artificial intelligence is used in fertility treatments and find out how it’s helping predict the well-being of premature

babies.

Everyday AI is a CSIRO podcast. This episode features IVF patient Briony, fertility specialist Associate Professor Peter Illingworth and Dr Jessica Bugeja postdoctoral fellow in CSIRO's Australian e-Health Research Centre.