Former Labor leader Bill Shorten and former Coalition defence minister Christopher Pyne have joined the chorus for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence.
First AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI to join Anthropic, decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement.
Mr Pyne agreed and while he said AI was a race between the US and China, he said that guardrails were necessary to prevent potential rogue actors from being involved.
Asked for his take on the issue, Mr Pyne said "migration has built this country".
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It was a sentiment Mr Pyne including for the defence industry, echoed. Mr Pyne agreed and while he said AI was a race between the US and China, he said guardrails were necessary to prevent potential rogue actors from being involved.
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Former Labor leader Bill Shorten and former Coalition defence minister Christopher Pyne have joined the chorus for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence.
Mr Shorten said he was not suggesting that building data centres or infrastructure was a problem but that generative AI needed more human oversight.
"AI has tremendous opportunity for the human race It has the capacity to make our lives much, much better, not just from a health perspective, but many others," Mr Pyne said.
Pressed if that was something he expected, Mr Pyne pulled back.
First AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI to join Anthropic, decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement.
Given the nuclear comparisons made earlier, Mr Shorten was asked if an AI version of the NNPT was needed.
Mr Pyne agreed and while he said AI was a race between the US and China, he said that guardrails were necessary to prevent potential rogue actors from being involved.
With the issue of immigration dominating the political agenda after One Nation released their policy earlier in the week it was put to the two former senior politicians as to what should be done.
Mr Shorten acknowledged the government had work to do but cautioned them against acting too harshly, especially when it comes to mooted changes to policy around international students.
Asked for his take on the issue, Mr Pyne said "migration has built this country".
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