What can AI do you for?

Amid the excitement around generative AI, it is important to remember that AI is more than chatbots. It impacts many things beyond the flashy conversational tools – often in ways that quietly improve everyday processes.

Putting the AI in Australia

Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic wants more people to use AI, but Australians might be better served by protections from it.

Working with AI

Generative AI has properties that are very different from other technologies and will transform our labour market.

The birth of AI

A summer camp on a college campus 68 years ago laid the foundation for the AI revolution we’re experiencing today.

Is the AI hype over?

AI was supposed to change the world, but like blockchain, virtual reality, the metaverse, NFTs and cryptocurrency, the hype has died down.

Australians remain unsure about AI

Tech companies have invested billions into AI in their bid to hoover up all the money in the world, but the public still isn’t sold on the idea that fake news, fake art and profit hungry companies replacing millions of jobs with algorithms will make the world better.

Can “psychomatics” help explain AI?

The inner workings of large language models remain opaque but “psychomatics” offer a novel framework to bridge the gap between human and AI cognition.

AI in academia: Embracing our Ozempic moment

AI in education, like Ozempic in healthcare, is not a panacea, but a powerful tool that, when used responsibly, can enhance human capabilities rather than replace them.

Mental aberrations

Humans are interacting more than ever with artificial intelligence and this technology is not only changing how humans relate with it but also with each other.

The silicon Prometheus

The development of AI may be the ultimate test of our species, forcing us to confront our own limitations, grapple with questions of consciousness and free will, and redefine our place in a world where we are no longer the sole possessors of reason.

Beyond the hype

Is AI development is on an unstoppable exponential trajectory that we humans can’t control, or is the technology stagnating as its insatiable hunger for power and training data outstrips its commercial potential.

AI apocalypse or overblown hype?

Social media, traditional media and water cooler conversations are awash with predictions about AI’s implications, including the risks and dangers of so-called large language models like ChatGPT