Letter

In response to It’s time to talk about AI and national security

AI: Embrace or ban it

“These evolving technologies have unprecedented capabilities to rapidly analyse huge volumes of information, often identifying unique new patterns.”

Why then are they not used to stop hackers and scammers attacking our everyday lives?

Why then aren’t they used to stop our children watching inappropriate material on the internet instead of passing ineffectual laws that will only serve to make lawyers rich and the courts full?

Are governments so scared of AI that they won’t use it for the good of society? What is the real story? What do they know? What aren’t they telling us?

Has the horse already bolted?

— Bob Pearce from Adelaide SA