I had the privilege to contribute a chapter about benefits to Māori in the book ” Ten perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, we need a strategic and ethical approach to AI in Aotearoa. Published April 2025 by the Public Service Association (PSA).
I explore how Māori have the unique opportunity to take up the AI challenge as individuals, hapū, marae iwi and businesses to carve out new opportunities for today, while preparing future generations, by being AI leaders and AI adapters as presently there are no clear pathways, provided by education providers, businesses and government.
It was good to have Ngāi Tahu whanuka Rebekah Bowling discuss her PhD research on the risks of Facial Recognition Technologies on Māori. Having her research published at this stage shows the growing concerns by Māori and employee’s about this invasive technology.
Other expert contributors are:
- Joy Liddicoat
- Dr Amanda Turnbull
- James Mclaurin
- Joshua Fairfield
- Dr Nathan Cooper
- Melissa Oliver
- David Glover
- Melissa Donnelly
The book launch was at Parliament last week. It was great to see a mixture of political neutral experts from the AI field also present and debate topics that many of us are concerned and think about.
Key themes from the debate and the book for me were awareness about the need for regulation, impacts of jobs, ensuring human beings are in the loop of AI developments and deployments, big tech companies and the tax they pay, privacy of data and algorithms and AI Sovereignty.