The government has unveiled its National AI Plan, laying out a roadmap to scale up Australia’s AI infrastructure and adoption that Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres claims will help “create a fairer, stronger Australia where every person benefits from this technological change”.
But the plan did not include the mandatory guardrails that many expected would serve as proactive regulations for tech companies.
Professor Kimberlee Weatherall, co-director of the Centre for AI, Trust and Governance at Sydney University, joins the podcast to explain the government’s AI strategy, what’s missing from the plan, and how Australia measures up against other countries when it comes to AI policymaking.
Weatherall’s book recommendations: The Shortest History of AI by Toby Walsh and any from this list by London School of Economics and Political Science.
Read today’s episode transcript here, or watch the interview below.
Cut Through is Crikey’s weekly podcast bringing you spin-free analysis of Australian news, politics and power. Each week, readers’ editor Crystal Andrews is joined by Crikey journalists to discuss the week’s biggest news story. Listen in the link above, on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or watch on YouTube.