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Australia urgently needs to elevate its discussion of artificial intelligence from the technical to the strategic. The routine calls for more money to be invested in AI in Australia have lacked bite despite the obvious advantages Australia has in AI, particularly at the research level.
This week’s budget announcement of increased funding for AI initiatives still falls short of what industry says is required. Australia certainly lags behind many similarly sized economies for AI investment, but more depressing is the lack of vision and leadership needed to incubate a robust AI industry. At the same time we need to think about how to mitigate the serious national security challenges that AI driven digital networks pose.