The ‘lucky country’ must not copy the EU’s bonkers AI regulation
Newly appointed Industry and Science Minister Tim Ayres now faces arguably the toughest task in Australian politics: figuring out what the government’s approach to artificial intelligence ought to be.
Spare a moment for poor Tim Ayres. No sooner is he promoted to industry and science minister than he cops a spray (and rightly so) from Paul Keating for being part of a cabinet reshuffle that prioritised fatuous factionalism over ability.
If a rollicking from the Lizard of Oz (as the British press famously dubbed Keating) was not painful enough, Ayres now faces arguably the toughest task in Australian politics right now: figuring out what the hell the government’s approach to artificial intelligence policy ought to be.
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Rohan Silva is chair of Founders Factory Australia, which invests in early-stage tech companies.
