[Leon Della Bosca]

“Extraordinary recent advances in AI have led to alarming predictions of existential threats to humanity. While there are many risks associated with the new technologies, there are also many benefits,” says Professor Geoff Webb, Department of Data Science & AI, Faculty of Information Technology.

“We need to do our utmost to control the risks while ensuring Australia shares in the many benefits. There are good reasons to be concerned, but predictions of the ‘end of humanity’ are overblown.

“Be alert, not alarmed. Instead of being paralysed by fear we should seize the opportunities by investing in training to enable our workforce to best benefit from the power of AI, and invest in research so that we can adapt technologies to serve our national interest.”

A big statement indeed. Do you worry about AI being a threat? Or do you see the benefits? What is the biggest threat/benefit you predict?

[Cosmo]

Im not too pessimistic about AI. Common sense seems less than common amongst politicians, business people and the general public and strategic thinking seems to be a dying art. So could the Use of AI help? Would AI have suggested invading Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan was a good idea? Humans did! What about Woolworths disastrous venture into Masters Hardware or Bunnings aborted move into the UK? What would AI have said about Brexit or Robo Debt or the inland Melbourne to Brisbane freight railway?
Even the machines which invariably answer my phone calls to government and businesses don’t seem very smart so a bit more AI to provide the ability to better understand my responses would be a stress reliever.

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