AI and Human Understanding
Reflections from REMIX Summit Sydney on why understanding, rather than judgement or taste, remains an enduring human frontier as AI capability advances.
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When AI Agents Grant the Wrong Wish
Read more: When AI Agents Grant the Wrong WishWhat happens when AI agents pursue our goals in ways we did not intend? A new piece on alignment, supervisory AI, layered controls and AI sovereignty.
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Tech In Gov Panel/Talk: Sovereign AI and Human Oversight
Read more: Tech In Gov Panel/Talk: Sovereign AI and Human OversightReflections from two Tech in Gov sessions on sovereign AI capability, harness engineering, technological leverage, and supervisory human oversight for AI agents.
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Gov Showcase NSW Panel: AI Is Changing Data Governance
Read more: Gov Showcase NSW Panel: AI Is Changing Data GovernanceReflections from the Government Innovation Showcase NSW 2026 on why AI is moving data governance closer to the point of use and into continuous technical controls.
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AI in Government Panel: From Capability to Scalable Governance
Read more: AI in Government Panel: From Capability to Scalable GovernanceReflections from a panel on AI in Government during Innovation Month, focusing on capability, context-dependent performance, evidence-based assurance, and continuous governance.
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Internetware Keynote: Software is Dead. Long Live the Environment
Read more: Internetware Keynote: Software is Dead. Long Live the EnvironmentReflections from the Internetware 2026 keynote on AIWare, distributed intelligence, verification-first design, and the role of harnesses and environments in growing trustworthy systems.
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AI Safety Forum Keynote
Read more: AI Safety Forum KeynoteIt was a privilege to deliver the opening keynote at the Australian AI Safety Forum, bringing together researchers, industry and government to discuss the findings of the International AI Safety Report and what they mean for Australia’s AI safety future. My keynote argued that AI safety is entering a new phase. First, practical AI capability…
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UN AI Report Cites Our Work
Read more: UN AI Report Cites Our WorkWhat does the international scientific community see as the biggest opportunities, risks and governance priorities for AI? The newly released Preliminary Report from the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI provides one of the most comprehensive evidence-based answers to that question to date: https://lnkd.in/gYSZxUpy Congratulations to my colleague Qinghua Lu for leading the working…
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AFR AI Awards 2026
Read more: AFR AI Awards 2026As a judge for the The Australian Financial Review(AFR) AI Awards this year, I greatly appreciated the opportunity to review such a strong field of entries. The submissions highlighted not only the breadth of AI innovation across Australia, but also the significant impact organisations are already achieving at scale. It was a privilege to present…
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National Communication Museum AI Summit
Read more: National Communication Museum AI SummitReally appreciated that the National Communication Museum AI Summit (Thanks, Emily Siddons) brought together a privacy professional (Patricia Calabro), a psychiatrist/science-fiction writer (Grace Chan https://lnkd.in/gXtd6N-k) and me, an AI engineer/scientist, to discuss trust and automated decision making. Before the panel, I wandered through the museum and unexpectedly went down memory lane: childhood computers, old communication…
