What is artificial intelligence and what makes its development and use ethical?
Recorded at the RIAA Conference Aotearoa NZ 2026 in Auckland, Dr Rodger Spiller speaks with AI ethicist Dr Kerry McInerney about the ideas behind her keynote, A Quick Guide to Ethical AI.
Kerry helps us understand what the term “AI” covers and how to develop a grounded perspective amid competing promises and fears about the technology’s future.
We explore why AI is not neutral: how it reflects the values and assumptions of its creators, how historical data can reproduce discrimination, and how its use can reinforce existing inequalities. Kerry encourages us to consider how AI shifts power, who benefits and who may bear the costs.
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Produced by Dr Rodger Spiller and Money Matters. First published on the Money Matters website.
