Throughout history, new technologies have always caused concerns, either real or imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pace of technological innovation picked up considerably in the Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 18th century. It transformed societies \u2013 traumatically in some instances \u2013 but also made people richer and increased lifespans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Change only increased in the 20th century, and people who resisted change raised all sorts of objections to new inventions. Wowsers in Australia condemned the introduction of the motor car as \u201cbeds on wheels\u201d. Television was going to turn children into zombies. 5G was going to kill us all with radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this century, technological change has only increased. The new frontier is artificial intelligence, or AI. It has rapidly become part of our lives, and its use is climbing rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like all new technologies, there will be people who use AI for good purposes and for bad. AI has the potential to transform the global economy, just like the introduction of factories did in the 19th century, and there are already signs it\u2019s happening. Could AI eventually supplant OI (organic intelligence), otherwise known as our brains?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fiction has not portrayed AI in a good light \u2013 mostly, anyway. Think of the murderous HAL computer in the 1960s film 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>, or Skynet in the Terminator<\/em> movies, or the bleak dystopian future of the Matrix<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality in 2026 is very different, but the possible outcomes as the technology advances are anyone\u2019s guess. There are potentially huge economic benefits, but also genuine concerns about AI\u2019s impact on human rights, safety, employment and privacy. That\u2019s why companies developing AI can\u2019t be left to regulate this technology themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week we\u2019ve seen the Prime Minister create yet another agency \u2013 the \u2018Office of AI\u2019 \u2013 to appear like he\u2019s doing something about it. But this has only come after Pauline\u2019s address at the National Press Club, in which she called for safeguards and regulation to protect human rights and ensure public trust. One Nation continues to set the agenda in Australia, and it\u2019s critical that Australians set the agenda for the use of AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout history, new technologies have always caused concerns, either real or imagined. The pace of technological innovation picked up considerably in the Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 18th century. It transformed societies \u2013 traumatically in some instances \u2013 but also made people richer and increased lifespans. Change only increased in the 20th century, … Continue reading “The uncertain future with AI”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39966,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39965\/revisions\/39966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}