Australian scientists warn nation will miss AI economic benefits without local investment
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Paul Sakkal
Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
Summary
Australia's top scientists warn the nation is at risk of missing out on the economic benefits of the AI revolution due to insufficient investment in local AI capabilities. The Australian Academy of Science's Hayley Teasdale echoes concerns from Labor's Assistant Minister for Science Andrew Charlton, emphasizing that without building homegrown capacity to create Australian-owned AI products, the country will not reap the productivity and job benefits from what they describe as the biggest technological revolution in history. Over 640 of Australia's top researchers have united around this concern.
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The risk we have is we are not investing in AI capabilities, and we're not g
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