Burning Platforms

The AI scientist and author on his rising concerns about existential risk and the false inevitability of the hyper-scalers.

 

Panellists ABC AI correspondent Ca, Wilson, Tech Policy Design Institute co-director Zoe Jay Hawkins and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

the ad-powered cyber-attacks on Australian institutions

the Digital Duty of Care laws enter the Parliament

Meta’s new terms of trade and plans for AI domination

For show notes go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The CEO of the new Australian Council on AI Strategy on the big decisions and competing trade-offs facing Australia and where scientists fit in the conversation.

Panelists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss. 

is the Parliamentary Inquiry AI actually worth it?

should AI be in your fridge?

And whether mathematics is dead.

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The co-founder of Indicator on how lies have taken over the internet and what we can all do to build a better information ecosystem.   

Also this week:

Culture wars over digital duty of care

AI as an intellectual hot dog

and what the Firmus flop could mean for datacentres

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As Open AI apologises to Australia the CEO of Sovereign AI takes us through the relative merits of open weight, open source and closed AI models.

 

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinong and Pert Capita’s peter Lewis also discuss

the downsides of live-streaming amateur basketball

Anthropic’s consultations with God

and the rapid release of consumer agents

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As Australia confronts the Open AI hack on Medicare we are joined by an expert in strategic foresight to explore how we can confront  the AI revolution with the benefit of hindsight.

Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC national AI reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

whether AI models can get drunk

is it time for an AI Pause?

and Audrey Tang’s call for a citizen jury to guide AI

For show notes go to Burning Platforms on substack - https://burningplatforms.substack.com/