Where Should Australia Play in the AI Stack?
A framework for where Australia can lead in the AI stack, from post-training and domain grounding to supervisory AI and trusted infrastructure.
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AI Impact Summit – Day 3
Read more: AI Impact Summit – Day 3Research symposium insights on post-training learning, cross-domain scientific discovery, evidence-based trust and why AI safety must be engineered at the system level.
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AI Impact Summit – Day 2
Read more: AI Impact Summit – Day 2AI Impact Summit observations on durable business value, participatory governance, rigorous evaluation and the enduring human role of curiosity and judgement.
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AI Impact Summit – Day 1
Read more: AI Impact Summit – Day 1Day-one reflections on sovereign AI strategy, Indiaโs layered digital infrastructure and the durable meta-skills needed beyond short-lived prompting techniques.
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Creative Australia Talk: ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ : ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐
Read more: Creative Australia Talk: ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ : ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐Most creators say they want protection from AI, yet a recent UK survey found over 90% would not opt out of AI access to their work. Why? Todayโs visibility depends on online discovery and search, and those systems are powered by AI. If you opt out, your work may be safe from AI training, but…
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AI Myths
Read more: AI MythsI often share missed or surprising observations in my talks. Here are five of them, summarised as food for thought. ๐ ๐๐๐ต ๐ญ: ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐.Itโs intuitive to think globally trained models canโt reflect our norms. Yet when frontier models answer the same cultural questions posed to national cohorts, they align most…
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AI & Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
Read more: AI & Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)Cognitive overload, opaque automation, and AI surveillance are reshaping the modern workplace. Iโm sharing some insights from my talk at the Safety Sphere, Australiaโs leading HSE practitioner network, on โ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น-๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐.โ We examined how AI not only enhances productivity but also creates new health,…
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ICMI 2025 Keynote – Future of Human Oversight
Read more: ICMI 2025 Keynote – Future of Human OversightIt was a great pleasure to deliver ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐. Recent reports such as OpenAIโs GDPVal and METR show that AI systems can now autonomously perform complex doing/solving tasks and often surpass human experts on…
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From Shadow Adoption to Workflow Collapse: The Hidden Economics of AI
Read more: From Shadow Adoption to Workflow Collapse: The Hidden Economics of AI๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ (๐๐ฃ๐๐) ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐?โข What if it isnโt just another โgeneral-purpose technologyโ like computing, but a bundle of many specific-purpose technologies out-of-the-box?โข And what if calling AI a โcapital investmentโ is also a category errorโwhen in reality it behaves more like inexpensive labour? Yesterday at the Cost-Benefit…
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Writing in the Age of AI
Read more: Writing in the Age of AIAfter my slightly controversial talk on ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐, I delivered another talk at APS Learn series on ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐. ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐: ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. We write first for self-understanding, then for audience understanding. AI cannot replace that understanding, but it can be a strong discussion partner.…
