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AI Principle: Innovative, experimental and brave

We value innovative, experimental and brave decisions

  • We harness the power of innovation and new ideas to positively and ethically transform the way we live and think.
  • We encourage ethical and purposeful experimentation that delivers on our impact themes and progresses our agenda.
  • We make brave and progressive decisions to support the activation of our principle

What this means in context

Personal, professional and academic practice

  • Staff and students are creators and innovators with AI, constantly developing ideas and learning through exploration, testing and challenge.
  • Staff and students purposefully and meaningfully innovate and experiment with AI in alignment with our principles.

Knowledge creation and sharing

  • We innovate and create new AI knowledges, framed by our principles.
  • We openly share AI knowledges and learnings to empower broader societal knowledge and understanding.
  • We actively seek to create experimental and innovative Deakin designed systems that align to our institutional values.

Institutional leadership and governance

  • Deakin engages with AI beyond academic realms, actively seeking applications that have a beneficial impact on industry, policy and community welfare.
  • Deakin leverages our unique expertise, fostering connections across the University, as part of our digital leadership.

Questions to ask

  • How can we enhance and elevate what we do?
  • How am I future-proofing my work?
  • How will this improve outcomes for our people and communities?
  • Is my work and my thinking aligned to the AI principles?

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