Australian Financial Review

Local pioneer lands Silicon Valley and Westpac backing for human AI at A·kin

http://www.afr.com/technology/local-pioneer-lands-silicon-valley-and-westpac-backing-for-human-ai-at-akin-20180427-h0zcjk

SingularityU Australia Summit 2018

AI | SingularityU | Liesl Yearsley

Liesl Yearsley is CEO of A.kin, an AI company doing core AI research, creating AI able to form deep relationships with humans, and solve complex problems in uncertain environments. A.kin is a Public Benefit Corporateion, with the aim of the responsible co-evolution of AI and humanity. Before that, Yearsley was CEO and founder of Cognea, an AI copmany that was acquired by IBM, and is now a significant part of Watson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PtFaz9Xok

A View from Liesl Yearsley

We Need to Talk About the Power of AI to Manipulate Humans

Our tendency to become emotionally attached to chatbots could be exploited by companies seeking a profit.

June 5, 2017

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608036/we-need-to-talk-about-the-power-of-ai-to-manipulate-humans/

Innovator Series: Liesl Capper Yearsley

Artificial intelligence has been her life's work.

By Ian Grayson on May 22 2017 05:57 PM

https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2017/Innovator-Series--Liesl-Capper-Yearsley.html