The AI regulation proposal from the Govt also doesn’t address the key issue of LLMs being trained on copyrighted content - this is a substantial gap. The mega profits already being generated from these products are overriding existing rights & regulation is clearly needed.
Rather than a committee advising on AI, what is needed in Australia is an empowered independent regulator to assess these new technologies including concerns around data sovereignty, to properly assess compliance and issue meaningful penalties.
“Expert advisory committee” and “Voluntary labels” and optional watermarking are not going to cut it to ensure AI is human centred and safe for our society. Letting companies opt in to regulation never works and it particularly won’t work here.
(I’m not suggesting an AI super profits tax or am I?)
On AI we need to learn from history (politics should have an element of LLM architecture in it!) and proactively share the wealth created from AI with the workforce, not just billionaire tech barons. This will not happen by itself, it will require hard government regulation.
The announcement on AI from the Govt recognises that businesses/the economy will receive a huge boost from AI, but there is no plan to make sure this is shared with workers. We know the profit share workers are getting is likely to keep going down unless something is done.
Minister Husic’s announcements today on AI are welcome but fall short of the leadership we need. AI has enormous potential benefits and enormous potential threats. We need to ensure the benefits are shared by all and the threats are proactively mitigated.
Penny Wong just accused me of trying to make a political issue of Australian exports of weapons to Israel - as if this country making $$ from war crimes is somehow above politics?
Sign the petition here: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/stop-military-exports-israel
Stop Military Exports to Israel | Australian Greens
At Parliamentary Friends of Tech Policy on AI - some extremely smart people talking parliamentarians through this complex and important area of policy. @TPDesignCentre
Solidarity with 22 Tamil & Iranian women walking from Melbourne to Canberra for permanent visas for all refugees.
Thousands of refugees in Australia have been denied a clear pathway to protection.
The work that these women are doing is deeply valuable. Everyone deserves a home.
