Beyond chatbots and agents, Theodore Galanos explores how AI workflows and orchestration are transforming the future of knowledge work.

Iain Rowe, former chief engineer for Santiago Calatrava, shares his insights into architecture, engineering and the future of construction. He reflects on an odyssey from hand sketches and early AutoCAD to today’s AI tools, and from New York’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub to the forefront of prefab housing in Europe.

From classrooms to cabinet rooms and campus – the Hon. John Brumby AO reflects on his political career, the evolution of leadership, and the ways AI is set to everything in politics, education and employment.

Dr Leo Ng is a physio, researcher, award-winning university lecturer, AI tool developer and all-round problem solver rethinking how we teach, care and collaborate in a world transformed by technoloy. In this AI & Us profile, he shares insights on innovation, education, and the human stories driving it all.

Dr Alatun Noor Moon is a force of nature. As a young girl, she closely observed the inequity and inadequacy of healthcare in her father's village in rural Bangladesh. Deciding she needed to remedy this, Alatun went on to become a doctor, outreach worker and global public health researcher. Here, she shares her thoughts on the potential promise and pitfalls AI presents to health workers in low and middle-income countries, and to students of public health wherever they may be.

Acclaimed Australian journalist Tony Wright reflects on 50 years of media evolution, reporting and disruption– from the end of the cold war to the age of AI. Discover how newsrooms are navigating the world of ChatGPT, AI ethics and automation, why human storytelling endures, and what the surprising revival of print media in rural Australia has to tell us about the future of journalism.

Dr Richard Blanch draws on three decades of experience in general practice to explore the role and impact of AI in healthcare and on humanity. He shares his insights on what's set to change profoundly and what will always remain the same in medicine, from the age of ChatGPT to well beyond.

We take over a trillion photos a year, traditionally capturing real people, places and moments that help us understand our world. Suddenly, that's all changed. From fake Pentagon explosions to the Pope in that puffer jacket, AI tools have transformed what's possible in photography, digital art and reportage. To explore what this means for truth, creativity and the future of visual storytelling, I sat down with Elizabeth Oswald, a photographer whose career spans the evolution from darkroom to the latest digital developments in clinical photography.

Craig Connelly, former CEO of The Ian Potter Foundation, joins AI & Us to explore the crucial role of philanthropy in shaping artificial intelligence (AI) — both now and in the future. He emphasises the importance of philanthropic organisations collaborating with big tech and global governments to establish essential guardrails around equity, ethics, and social inclusion. The goal is to ensure AI benefits everyone, rather than the few.