Unfortunately, Canberra has too much on its “agenda” because of its growing penchant for sticking its nose into everything - except for the government's actually very few responsibilities. Before they start fiddling with AI, they need to be reminded of their great “success” with the NBN and energy, just to name too spectacular stuff-ups.

With the virtual one-part-state now with us, Labor is free to continue buggering up things best left to the private sector.

The ALP has become Australia's ‘natural party of government’.

The Albanese government is one of the worst federal governments ever. The Liberals are THE worst opposition ever: they don't oppose, nor do they suggest alternatives to the government's lunacy.

Thanks to the Liberal party's worst ever election campaign, the ‘virtual’ one party system is now real. With Labor's huge majority, and the Green rubber stampers, the Coalition and One Nation might as well not exist. The pundits are already speaking of Labor as the ‘natural’ party of government’, and the population obviously likes the idea of hand outs of money and other goodies to them. A phrase to describe such people has been coined: ‘voting for a living, not working for it. Already 50% of Australians gain most of their income from the government. 30% of “workers” are attached to the government. And, apart from the undeniable support from the low-information electorate, Labor has the backing of most of the media, and many private and public institutions, mirroring according to one description, “the subservience of the equivalent bodies to the regimes of the Soviet satellites in eastern Europe prior to 1990”.

It was written by Alexander Tytler (1747-1813) that democracy can exist only until the voters discover that they can “vote themselves largesse from the public treasury”.

Australian voters are now addicted to voting for the politicians who promise them the most benefits - that's Albanese Labor over the last two elections. And Tytler’s warning that democracy collapses over “loose fiscal policy”, followed by dictatorship, looks to be coming to pass in Australia: a government with a massive majority, and virtually no opposition.

WTF?

Uri Gal is a Professor in Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney.

The author recognises that "AI technology is developing rapidly, driven by large corporations wielding vast amounts of capital and political influence."

Gal also recognises that " if the government uncritically accepts corporate advocacy, these opportunities may be captured by foreign interests."

ttbn's is concerned about government "fiddling with AI" and "things best left to the private sector"- hardly an insightful commentary on quite a thoughtful article.

ttbn's commentary then just becomes the regular yelling-into-the-wind rant about the results and ramifications of the last election.

AI will boost NS (natural stupidity) to no end !