Lisa Dethridge

Senior Research Fellow · RMIT University · company speakers →

Dethridge has decades of industry experience in the strategic design of emerging tech, from telecoms and aerospace to game design and ethical AI systems. She was a midwife at the birth of the internet and of communication satellites, researching with the United Nations Development Program and Houston start-up Space Test. After early burnout, she left tech for Hollywood, producing film, TV, and print with studios and networks including MTV, ETV, Fox, and Vogue Magazine. After teaching at the American Film Institute and UCLA, she immersed herself in virtual spaces and game design, which naturally evolved into her current focus: ethical and human-centered AI systems. She currently consults for Australian and American AI and tech companies, industry groups, and non-profits and is a Research Fellow at RMIT University Melbourne. She has a PhD in Media Ecology from New York University, a master’s in political science from Uni. of Melbourne, and is the author of numerous scholarly articles on AI in media and virtual worlds.

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